#8AAFD8#8AAFD8

#8AAFD8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.410; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.072 H 251.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8AAFD8
RGB	rgb(138, 175, 216)
HSL	hsl(212, 50%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(212, 36%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.1%, 19%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.19, -2.51, -24.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.19, 24.84, 264.20°)
OKLab	oklab(74.18% -0.023 -0.0682)
OKLCH	oklch(74.18% 0.072 251.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.2020, 41.0192, 70.8570)
Luminance	0.4102 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8AAFD8 #D8B38A

analogous

#8AD6D8 #8AAFD8 #8C8AD8

triadic

#8AAFD8 #D88AAF #AFD88A

tetradic

#8AAFD8 #D88AD6 #D8B38A #8AD88C

square

#8AAFD8 #D88AD6 #D8B38A #8AD88C

split-complementary

#8AAFD8 #D88C8A #D6D88A

monochromatic

#3A71AE #5C90C9 #8AAFD8 #B8CEE7 #E6EEF7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#8AAFD8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.20

#8AAFD8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8AAFD8

9.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8AAFD8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8AAFD8	1.00	2.28	9.20	9.20
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0B0DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96A8D7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#70B8BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8aafd8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 175, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.072 251.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aec6e4',
    500: '#8aafd8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8aafd8;
$custom-light: #aec6e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8aafd8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.538,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74175,
    "c": 0.07201,
    "h": 251.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.41021
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8AAFD8

secondary

#EADFD4

accent

#7728BD

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F5F8FB

border

#CFD1D4

text

#101315

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #8AAFD8

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

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