#8AB2BB#8AB2BB

#8AB2BB is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.045 H 213.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8AB2BB
RGB	rgb(138, 178, 187)
HSL	hsl(191, 26%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(191, 26%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.2%, 4.8%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.06, -11.30, -8.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.06, 14.43, 218.46°)
OKLab	oklab(73.75% -0.0377 -0.0244)
OKLCH	oklch(73.75% 0.045 213)
XYZ	xyz(35.3685, 40.8304, 53.0216)
Luminance	0.4083 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8AB2BB #BB938A

analogous

#8ABBAB #8AB2BB #8A99BB

triadic

#8AB2BB #BB8AB2 #B2BB8A

tetradic

#8AB2BB #AB8ABB #BB938A #99BB8A

square

#8AB2BB #AB8ABB #BB938A #99BB8A

split-complementary

#8AB2BB #BB8A99 #BBAB8A

monochromatic

#4A7680 #6399A5 #8AB2BB #B1CBD1 #D7E5E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#8AB2BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.17

#8AB2BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8AB2BB

9.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8AB2BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8AB2BB	1.00	2.29	9.17	9.17
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABAFBC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2A8BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7AB6B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ab2bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 178, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.045 213.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#adc9cf',
    500: '#8ab2bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ab2bb;
$custom-light: #adc9cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ab2bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.02,
    "s": 26.486,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73753,
    "c": 0.04489,
    "h": 213
  },
  "luminance": 0.40832
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8AB2BB

secondary

#D9CBC8

accent

#5340A5

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F4F8F9

border

#CED1D2

text

#101313

muted

#7F8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #8AB2BB

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

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