#8AB2CD#8AB2CD

#8AB2CD is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.417; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.058 H 238.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8AB2CD
RGB	rgb(138, 178, 205)
HSL	hsl(204, 40%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(204, 33%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.7%, 13.2%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.63, -6.95, -18.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.63, 19.31, 248.90°)
OKLab	oklab(74.4% -0.0308 -0.0494)
OKLCH	oklch(74.4% 0.058 238.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.4176, 41.6500, 63.8135)
Luminance	0.4165 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8AB2CD #CDA58A

analogous

#8ACDC7 #8AB2CD #8A91CD

triadic

#8AB2CD #CD8AB2 #B2CD8A

tetradic

#8AB2CD #C78ACD #CDA58A #91CD8A

square

#8AB2CD #C78ACD #CDA58A #91CD8A

split-complementary

#8AB2CD #CD8A91 #CDC78A

monochromatic

#42779B #5F96BB #8AB2CD #B5CEDF #E0EAF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#8AB2CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.33

#8AB2CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8AB2CD

9.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8AB2CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8AB2CD	1.00	2.25	9.33	9.33
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6B1CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DAACD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#74B9BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ab2cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 178, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.058 238.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aec9dc',
    500: '#8ab2cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ab2cd;
$custom-light: #aec9dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ab2cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.179,
    "s": 40.12,
    "l": 67.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74395,
    "c": 0.0582,
    "h": 238.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.41652
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8AB2CD

secondary

#E4D7CF

accent

#6632B3

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F8FB

border

#CED1D4

text

#101315

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #8AB2CD

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

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