#8AAFAD#8AAFAD

#8AAFAD is a light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.040 H 192.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8AAFAD
RGB	rgb(138, 175, 173)
HSL	hsl(177, 19%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(177, 21%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.1%, 0%, 1.1%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.81, -12.89, -3.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.81, 13.26, 193.52°)
OKLab	oklab(72.63% -0.0393 -0.0085)
OKLCH	oklch(72.63% 0.04 192.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.3518, 39.0791, 45.3128)
Luminance	0.3908 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8AAFAD #AF8A8C

analogous

#8AAF9B #8AAFAD #8A9FAF

triadic

#8AAFAD #AD8AAF #AFAD8A

tetradic

#8AAFAD #9B8AAF #AF8A8C #9FAF8A

square

#8AAFAD #9B8AAF #AF8A8C #9FAF8A

split-complementary

#8AAFAD #AF8A9F #AF9B8A

monochromatic

#4D716F #669693 #8AAFAD #AEC8C6 #D3E1E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#8AAFAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.82

#8AAFAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8AAFAD

8.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8AAFAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8AAFAD	1.00	2.38	8.82	8.82
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAABAD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3A6AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7FB1AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8aafad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 175, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.040 192.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#adc7c5',
    500: '#8aafad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8aafad;
$custom-light: #adc7c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8aafad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.757,
    "s": 18.782,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72626,
    "c": 0.0402,
    "h": 192.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.3908
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8AAFAD

secondary

#D1C3C4

accent

#484D9D

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F4F8F8

border

#CED1D1

text

#101312

muted

#7F8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #8AAFAD

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →