#8AB2C7#8AB2C7

#8AB2C7 is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.414; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.053 H 231.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8AB2C7
RGB	rgb(138, 178, 199)
HSL	hsl(201, 35%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(201, 31%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.7%, 10.6%, 0%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.43, -8.43, -15.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.43, 17.22, 240.68°)
OKLab	oklab(74.17% -0.033 -0.0411)
OKLCH	oklch(74.17% 0.053 231.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.7072, 41.3659, 60.0720)
Luminance	0.4137 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8AB2C7 #C79F8A

analogous

#8AC7BD #8AB2C7 #8A93C7

triadic

#8AB2C7 #C78AB2 #B2C78A

tetradic

#8AB2C7 #BD8AC7 #C79F8A #93C78A

square

#8AB2C7 #BD8AC7 #C79F8A #93C78A

split-complementary

#8AB2C7 #C78A93 #C7BD8A

monochromatic

#457791 #6197B3 #8AB2C7 #B3CDDB #DDE8EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#8AB2C7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.27

#8AB2C7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8AB2C7

9.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8AB2C7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8AB2C7	1.00	2.26	9.27	9.27
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8B0C8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FA9C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#77B8B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ab2c7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 178, 199);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.053 231.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#adc9d8',
    500: '#8ab2c7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ab2c7;
$custom-light: #adc9d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ab2c7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 199
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.656,
    "s": 35.26,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74173,
    "c": 0.05269,
    "h": 231.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.41368
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8AB2C7

secondary

#E0D3CC

accent

#6037AE

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F8FA

border

#CED1D3

text

#101314

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #8AB2C7

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

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