#8AAFBF#8AAFBF

#8AAFBF is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.046 H 226.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8AAFBF
RGB	rgb(138, 175, 191)
HSL	hsl(198, 29%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(198, 28%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.7%, 8.4%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.34, -8.75, -12.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.34, 15.05, 234.44°)
OKLab	oklab(73.23% -0.0321 -0.0334)
OKLCH	oklch(73.23% 0.046 226.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.2123, 39.8233, 55.1114)
Luminance	0.3982 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8AAFBF #BF9A8A

analogous

#8ABFB5 #8AAFBF #8A95BF

triadic

#8AAFBF #BF8AAF #AFBF8A

tetradic

#8AAFBF #B58ABF #BF9A8A #95BF8A

square

#8AAFBF #B58ABF #BF9A8A #95BF8A

split-complementary

#8AAFBF #BF8A95 #BFB58A

monochromatic

#497386 #6294A9 #8AAFBF #B2CAD5 #D9E5EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#8AAFBF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.97

#8AAFBF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8AAFBF

8.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8AAFBF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8AAFBF	1.00	2.34	8.97	8.97
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6ADC0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EA7BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7AB4B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8aafbf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 175, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.046 226.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#adc6d2',
    500: '#8aafbf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8aafbf;
$custom-light: #adc6d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8aafbf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.113,
    "s": 29.282,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73228,
    "c": 0.04631,
    "h": 226.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39825
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8AAFBF

secondary

#DCCFC9

accent

#5E3EA8

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F4F8F9

border

#CED1D2

text

#101314

muted

#7F8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #8AAFBF

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

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