#8AB5CE#8AB5CE

#8AB5CE is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.429; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.058 H 234.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8AB5CE
RGB	rgb(138, 181, 206)
HSL	hsl(202, 41%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(202, 33%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(33%, 12.1%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.49, -8.31, -17.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.49, 19.15, 244.27°)
OKLab	oklab(75.09% -0.0343 -0.0473)
OKLCH	oklch(75.09% 0.058 234.1)
XYZ	xyz(38.1422, 42.9054, 64.6524)
Luminance	0.4291 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8AB5CE #CEA38A

analogous

#8ACEC5 #8AB5CE #8A93CE

triadic

#8AB5CE #CE8AB5 #B5CE8A

tetradic

#8AB5CE #C58ACE #CEA38A #93CE8A

square

#8AB5CE #C58ACE #CEA38A #93CE8A

split-complementary

#8AB5CE #CE8A93 #CEC58A

monochromatic

#417B9C #5F9ABC #8AB5CE #B5D0E0 #E0ECF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#8AB5CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.58

#8AB5CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8AB5CE

9.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8AB5CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8AB5CE	1.00	2.19	9.58	9.58
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9B4CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0ACCE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#74BCBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ab5ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 181, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.058 234.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aecbdd',
    500: '#8ab5ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ab5ce;
$custom-light: #aecbdd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ab5ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.059,
    "s": 40.964,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75087,
    "c": 0.05844,
    "h": 234.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.42907
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8AB5CE

secondary

#E5D7CF

accent

#6131B4

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F8FB

border

#CED1D4

text

#101315

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #8AB5CE

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

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