#8AAFBE#8AAFBE

#8AAFBE is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.046 H 224.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8AAFBE
RGB	rgb(138, 175, 190)
HSL	hsl(197, 29%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(197, 27%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.4%, 7.9%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.31, -8.99, -11.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.31, 14.79, 232.55°)
OKLab	oklab(73.19% -0.0325 -0.032)
OKLCH	oklch(73.19% 0.046 224.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.1027, 39.7794, 54.5339)
Luminance	0.3978 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8AAFBE #BE998A

analogous

#8ABEB3 #8AAFBE #8A95BE

triadic

#8AAFBE #BE8AAF #AFBE8A

tetradic

#8AAFBE #B38ABE #BE998A #95BE8A

square

#8AAFBE #B38ABE #BE998A #95BE8A

split-complementary

#8AAFBE #BE8A95 #BEB38A

monochromatic

#497384 #6394A8 #8AAFBE #B1CAD4 #D9E5EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#8AAFBE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.96

#8AAFBE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8AAFBE

8.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8AAFBE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8AAFBE	1.00	2.34	8.96	8.96
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7ADBF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FA7BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7AB4B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8aafbe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 175, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.046 224.6);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8aafbe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.308,
    "s": 28.571,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73193,
    "c": 0.04559,
    "h": 224.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39781
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8AAFBE

secondary

#DBCEC9

accent

#5D3EA7

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F4F8F9

border

#CED1D2

text

#101314

muted

#7F8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #8AAFBE

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

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