#8AB4E3#8AB4E3

#8AB4E3 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.436; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.082 H 251.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8AB4E3
RGB	rgb(138, 180, 227)
HSL	hsl(212, 61%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(212, 39%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.2%, 20.7%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.95, -2.36, -28.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.95, 28.12, 265.19°)
OKLab	oklab(75.7% -0.0257 -0.0776)
OKLCH	oklch(75.7% 0.082 251.7)
XYZ	xyz(40.6632, 43.5896, 78.9291)
Luminance	0.4359 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8AB4E3 #E3B98A

analogous

#8AE1E3 #8AB4E3 #8D8AE3

triadic

#8AB4E3 #E38AB4 #B4E38A

tetradic

#8AB4E3 #E38AE1 #E3B98A #8AE38D

square

#8AB4E3 #E38AE1 #E3B98A #8AE38D

split-complementary

#8AB4E3 #E38D8A #E1E38A

monochromatic

#2F75C4 #5994D7 #8AB4E3 #BBD4EF #E6EFF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#8AB4E3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.72

#8AB4E3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8AB4E3

9.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8AB4E3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8AB4E3	1.00	2.16	9.72	9.72
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2B5E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97ACE2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6BBFC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ab4e3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 180, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.082 251.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afcaec',
    500: '#8ab4e3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ab4e3;
$custom-light: #afcaec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ab4e3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.685,
    "s": 61.379,
    "l": 71.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75696,
    "c": 0.08175,
    "h": 251.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.43592
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8AB4E3

secondary

#F0E5D9

accent

#781CC9

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F8FD

border

#D0D1D5

text

#111316

muted

#808284

Preview Lab

Preview with #8AB4E3

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

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