#8AADDD#8AADDD

#8AADDD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.080 H 256.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8AADDD
RGB	rgb(138, 173, 221)
HSL	hsl(215, 55%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(215, 38%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.6%, 21.7%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.83, -0.10, -28.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.83, 28.00, 269.80°)
OKLab	oklab(73.96% -0.0188 -0.0776)
OKLCH	oklch(73.96% 0.08 256.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.4719, 40.5089, 74.1845)
Luminance	0.4051 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8AADDD #DDBA8A

analogous

#8AD6DD #8AADDD #908ADD

triadic

#8AADDD #DD8AAD #ADDD8A

tetradic

#8AADDD #DD8AD6 #DDBA8A #8ADD90

square

#8AADDD #DD8AD6 #DDBA8A #8ADD90

split-complementary

#8AADDD #DD908A #D6DD8A

monochromatic

#356CB7 #5B8CCF #8AADDD #B9CEEB #E7EEF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#8AADDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.10

#8AADDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8AADDD

9.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8AADDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8AADDD	1.00	2.31	9.10	9.10
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CAFDF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92A7DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6FB7BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8aaddd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 173, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.080 256.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afc5e7',
    500: '#8aaddd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8aaddd;
$custom-light: #afc5e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8aaddd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.699,
    "s": 54.967,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73955,
    "c": 0.07981,
    "h": 256.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.40511
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8AADDD

secondary

#EDE3D6

accent

#7F23C2

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F5F8FC

border

#CFD1D5

text

#111216

muted

#808184

Preview Lab

Preview with #8AADDD

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

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