#8ABCED#8ABCED

#8ABCED is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.475; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.088 H 248.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8ABCED
RGB	rgb(138, 188, 237)
HSL	hsl(210, 73%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(210, 42%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.8%, 20.7%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.50, -4.03, -29.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.50, 29.81, 262.23°)
OKLab	oklab(77.82% -0.0322 -0.0819)
OKLCH	oklch(77.82% 0.088 248.5)
XYZ	xyz(43.7455, 47.4815, 86.9641)
Luminance	0.4748 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8ABCED #EDBB8A

analogous

#8AEDEC #8ABCED #8A8AED

triadic

#8ABCED #ED8ABC #BCED8A

tetradic

#8ABCED #EC8AED #EDBB8A #8AED8A

square

#8ABCED #EC8AED #EDBB8A #8AED8A

split-complementary

#8ABCED #ED8A8A #EDEC8A

monochromatic

#227FDB #559EE5 #8ABCED #BFDAF5 #E4F0FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#8ABCED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.50

#8ABCED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8ABCED

10.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8ABCED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8ABCED	1.00	2.00	10.50	10.50
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9BDEF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CB3EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#65C7CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8abced;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 188, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.088 248.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0d0f3',
    500: '#8abced',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8abced;
$custom-light: #b0d0f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8abced",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 209.697,
    "s": 73.333,
    "l": 73.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77819,
    "c": 0.08806,
    "h": 248.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.47484
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8ABCED

secondary

#F3E5D8

accent

#7210D5

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F9FD

border

#D0D2D5

text

#111317

muted

#808285

Preview Lab

Preview with #8ABCED

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

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