#8AAFE0#8AAFE0

#8AAFE0 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.414; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.082 H 255.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8AAFE0
RGB	rgb(138, 175, 224)
HSL	hsl(214, 58%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(214, 38%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.4%, 21.9%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.49, -0.41, -28.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.49, 28.64, 269.19°)
OKLab	oklab(74.51% -0.0203 -0.0794)
OKLCH	oklch(74.51% 0.082 255.6)
XYZ	xyz(39.2615, 41.4430, 76.4371)
Luminance	0.4144 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8AAFE0 #E0BB8A

analogous

#8ADAE0 #8AAFE0 #908AE0

triadic

#8AAFE0 #E08AAF #AFE08A

tetradic

#8AAFE0 #E08ADA #E0BB8A #8AE090

square

#8AAFE0 #E08ADA #E0BB8A #8AE090

split-complementary

#8AAFE0 #E0908A #DAE08A

monochromatic

#326EBD #5A8ED3 #8AAFE0 #BAD0ED #E7EEF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#8AAFE0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.29

#8AAFE0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8AAFE0

9.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8AAFE0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8AAFE0	1.00	2.26	9.29	9.29
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DB1E2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93A9DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6DBAC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8aafe0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 175, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.082 255.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afc6e9',
    500: '#8aafe0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8aafe0;
$custom-light: #afc6e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8aafe0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.186,
    "s": 58.108,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74506,
    "c": 0.08194,
    "h": 255.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.41445
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8AAFE0

secondary

#EEE4D7

accent

#7E20C6

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F5F8FD

border

#CFD1D5

text

#111316

muted

#808284

Preview Lab

Preview with #8AAFE0

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

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