#8AAEC1#8AAEC1

#8AAEC1 is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.048 H 231.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8AAEC1
RGB	rgb(138, 174, 193)
HSL	hsl(201, 31%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(201, 28%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.5%, 9.8%, 0%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.13, -7.74, -13.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.13, 15.71, 240.49°)
OKLab	oklab(73.08% -0.03 -0.0373)
OKLCH	oklch(73.08% 0.048 231.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.2400, 39.5241, 56.2139)
Luminance	0.3953 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8AAEC1 #C19D8A

analogous

#8AC1B8 #8AAEC1 #8A93C1

triadic

#8AAEC1 #C18AAE #AEC18A

tetradic

#8AAEC1 #B88AC1 #C19D8A #93C18A

square

#8AAEC1 #B88AC1 #C19D8A #93C18A

split-complementary

#8AAEC1 #C18A93 #C1B88A

monochromatic

#487288 #6292AC #8AAEC1 #B2CAD6 #DAE5EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#8AAEC1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.91

#8AAEC1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8AAEC1

8.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8AAEC1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8AAEC1	1.00	2.36	8.91	8.91
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5ACC2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DA6C1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#79B3B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8aaec1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 174, 193);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.048 231.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#adc6d3',
    500: '#8aaec1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8aaec1;
$custom-light: #adc6d3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8aaec1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 193
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.727,
    "s": 30.726,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7308,
    "c": 0.04787,
    "h": 231.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39526
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8AAEC1

secondary

#DDD1CA

accent

#623CA9

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F4F8F9

border

#CED1D2

text

#101314

muted

#7F8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #8AAEC1

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

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