#8AADDB#8AADDB

#8AADDB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.077 H 255.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8AADDB
RGB	rgb(138, 173, 219)
HSL	hsl(214, 53%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(214, 37%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(37%, 21%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.76, -0.63, -27.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.76, 27.03, 268.67°)
OKLab	oklab(73.87% -0.0194 -0.0748)
OKLCH	oklch(73.87% 0.077 255.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.2070, 40.4030, 72.7895)
Luminance	0.4041 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8AADDB #DBB88A

analogous

#8AD5DB #8AADDB #908ADB

triadic

#8AADDB #DB8AAD #ADDB8A

tetradic

#8AADDB #DB8AD5 #DBB88A #8ADB90

square

#8AADDB #DB8AD5 #DBB88A #8ADB90

split-complementary

#8AADDB #DB908A #D5DB8A

monochromatic

#376DB3 #5B8CCD #8AADDB #B9CEE9 #E8EFF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#8AADDB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.08

#8AADDB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8AADDB

9.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8AADDB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8AADDB	1.00	2.31	9.08	9.08
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CAFDD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93A7DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6FB7BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8aaddb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 173, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.077 255.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aec5e6',
    500: '#8aaddb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8aaddb;
$custom-light: #aec5e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8aaddb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.074,
    "s": 52.941,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73871,
    "c": 0.07726,
    "h": 255.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.40405
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8AADDB

secondary

#ECE2D5

accent

#7D25C0

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F5F8FC

border

#CFD1D5

text

#101216

muted

#7F8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #8AADDB

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

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