#8AAFD9#8AAFD9

#8AAFD9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.411; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.073 H 252.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8AAFD9
RGB	rgb(138, 175, 217)
HSL	hsl(212, 51%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(212, 36%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.4%, 19.4%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.23, -2.25, -25.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.23, 25.31, 264.90°)
OKLab	oklab(74.22% -0.0226 -0.0696)
OKLCH	oklch(74.22% 0.073 252)
XYZ	xyz(38.3317, 41.0710, 71.5399)
Luminance	0.4107 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8AAFD9 #D9B48A

analogous

#8AD7D9 #8AAFD9 #8D8AD9

triadic

#8AAFD9 #D98AAF #AFD98A

tetradic

#8AAFD9 #D98AD7 #D9B48A #8AD98D

square

#8AAFD9 #D98AD7 #D9B48A #8AD98D

split-complementary

#8AAFD9 #D98D8A #D7D98A

monochromatic

#3971B0 #5C8FCA #8AAFD9 #B8CFE8 #E6EEF7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#8AAFD9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.21

#8AAFD9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8AAFD9

9.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8AAFD9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8AAFD9	1.00	2.28	9.21	9.21
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FB0DB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96A8D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#70B8BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8aafd9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 175, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.073 252.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aec6e4',
    500: '#8aafd9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8aafd9;
$custom-light: #aec6e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8aafd9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.899,
    "s": 50.968,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74216,
    "c": 0.07322,
    "h": 252
  },
  "luminance": 0.41073
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8AAFD9

secondary

#EBE0D4

accent

#7827BE

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F5F8FB

border

#CFD1D4

text

#101315

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #8AAFD9

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

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