#8AAECE#8AAECE

#8AAECE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.061 H 245.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8AAECE
RGB	rgb(138, 174, 206)
HSL	hsl(208, 41%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(208, 33%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(33%, 15.5%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.56, -4.53, -20.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.56, 20.68, 257.35°)
OKLab	oklab(73.56% -0.0252 -0.0555)
OKLCH	oklch(73.56% 0.061 245.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.7544, 40.1299, 64.1898)
Luminance	0.4013 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8AAECE #CEAA8A

analogous

#8ACECC #8AAECE #8A8CCE

triadic

#8AAECE #CE8AAE #AECE8A

tetradic

#8AAECE #CC8ACE #CEAA8A #8CCE8A

square

#8AAECE #CC8ACE #CEAA8A #8CCE8A

split-complementary

#8AAECE #CE8A8C #CECC8A

monochromatic

#41719C #5F90BC #8AAECE #B5CCE0 #E0EAF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#8AAECE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.03

#8AAECE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8AAECE

9.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8AAECE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8AAECE	1.00	2.33	9.03	9.03
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1AED0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99A7CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#75B6B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8aaece;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 174, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.061 245.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aec6dd',
    500: '#8aaece',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8aaece;
$custom-light: #aec6dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8aaece",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.235,
    "s": 40.964,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73564,
    "c": 0.0609,
    "h": 245.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.40132
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8AAECE

secondary

#E5D9CF

accent

#6F31B4

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F8FB

border

#CED1D4

text

#101315

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #8AAECE

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

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