#8AAEBE#8AAEBE

#8AAEBE is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.045 H 226.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8AAEBE
RGB	rgb(138, 174, 190)
HSL	hsl(198, 29%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(198, 27%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.4%, 8.4%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.03, -8.46, -12.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.03, 14.81, 235.18°)
OKLab	oklab(72.97% -0.0311 -0.0331)
OKLCH	oklch(72.97% 0.045 226.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.9088, 39.3916, 54.4692)
Luminance	0.3939 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8AAEBE #BE9A8A

analogous

#8ABEB4 #8AAEBE #8A94BE

triadic

#8AAEBE #BE8AAE #AEBE8A

tetradic

#8AAEBE #B48ABE #BE9A8A #94BE8A

square

#8AAEBE #B48ABE #BE9A8A #94BE8A

split-complementary

#8AAEBE #BE8A94 #BEB48A

monochromatic

#497284 #6393A8 #8AAEBE #B1C9D4 #D9E4EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#8AAEBE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.88

#8AAEBE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8AAEBE

8.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8AAEBE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8AAEBE	1.00	2.37	8.88	8.88
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5ACBF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EA6BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7AB3B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8aaebe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 174, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.045 226.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#adc6d1',
    500: '#8aaebe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8aaebe;
$custom-light: #adc6d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8aaebe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.462,
    "s": 28.571,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72973,
    "c": 0.04547,
    "h": 226.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.39393
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8AAEBE

secondary

#DBCEC9

accent

#5F3EA7

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F4F8F9

border

#CED1D2

text

#101314

muted

#7F8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #8AAEBE

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

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