#8AAFBC#8AAFBC

#8AAFBC is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.044 H 221.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8AAFBC
RGB	rgb(138, 175, 188)
HSL	hsl(196, 27%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(196, 27%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.6%, 6.9%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.25, -9.47, -10.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.25, 14.31, 228.58°)
OKLab	oklab(73.12% -0.0332 -0.0292)
OKLCH	oklch(73.12% 0.044 221.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.8856, 39.6926, 53.3905)
Luminance	0.3969 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8AAFBC #BC978A

analogous

#8ABCB0 #8AAFBC #8A96BC

triadic

#8AAFBC #BC8AAF #AFBC8A

tetradic

#8AAFBC #B08ABC #BC978A #96BC8A

square

#8AAFBC #B08ABC #BC978A #96BC8A

split-complementary

#8AAFBC #BC8A96 #BCB08A

monochromatic

#4A7381 #6394A6 #8AAFBC #B1CAD2 #D8E4E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#8AAFBC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.94

#8AAFBC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8AAFBC

8.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8AAFBC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8AAFBC	1.00	2.35	8.94	8.94
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7ADBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FA6BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7AB3B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8aafbc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 175, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.044 221.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#adc6d0',
    500: '#8aafbc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8aafbc;
$custom-light: #adc6d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8aafbc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.6,
    "s": 27.174,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73123,
    "c": 0.04426,
    "h": 221.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39694
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8AAFBC

secondary

#DACDC8

accent

#5A40A6

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F4F8F9

border

#CED1D2

text

#101314

muted

#7F8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #8AAFBC

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

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