#8AADD9#8AADD9

#8AADD9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.075 H 254.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8AADD9
RGB	rgb(138, 173, 217)
HSL	hsl(213, 51%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(213, 36%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.4%, 20.3%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.68, -1.15, -26.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.68, 26.06, 267.47°)
OKLab	oklab(73.79% -0.0201 -0.072)
OKLCH	oklch(73.79% 0.075 254.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.9453, 40.2983, 71.4111)
Luminance	0.4030 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8AADD9 #D9B68A

analogous

#8AD5D9 #8AADD9 #8F8AD9

triadic

#8AADD9 #D98AAD #ADD98A

tetradic

#8AADD9 #D98AD5 #D9B68A #8AD98F

square

#8AADD9 #D98AD5 #D9B68A #8AD98F

split-complementary

#8AADD9 #D98F8A #D5D98A

monochromatic

#396EB0 #5C8DCA #8AADD9 #B8CDE8 #E6EEF7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#8AADD9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.06

#8AADD9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8AADD9

9.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8AADD9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8AADD9	1.00	2.32	9.06	9.06
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DAFDB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94A7D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#70B7BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8aadd9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 173, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.075 254.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aec5e4',
    500: '#8aadd9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8aadd9;
$custom-light: #aec5e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8aadd9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213.418,
    "s": 50.968,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73788,
    "c": 0.07474,
    "h": 254.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.403
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8AADD9

secondary

#EBE1D4

accent

#7B27BE

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F5F8FB

border

#CFD1D4

text

#101215

muted

#7F8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #8AADD9

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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