#A3C8EA#A3C8EA

#A3C8EA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.550; OKLCH L 81.8% C 0.062 H 246.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A3C8EA
RGB	rgb(163, 200, 234)
HSL	hsl(209, 63%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(209, 30%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.3%, 14.5%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.06, -4.49, -20.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.06, 21.30, 257.82°)
OKLab	oklab(81.76% -0.025 -0.0571)
OKLCH	oklch(81.76% 0.062 246.4)
XYZ	xyz(50.6054, 55.0334, 85.7821)
Luminance	0.5504 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A3C8EA #EAC5A3

analogous

#A3EAE8 #A3C8EA #A3A4EA

triadic

#A3C8EA #EAA3C8 #C8EAA3

tetradic

#A3C8EA #E8A3EA #EAC5A3 #A4EAA3

square

#A3C8EA #E8A3EA #EAC5A3 #A4EAA3

split-complementary

#A3C8EA #EAA3A4 #EAE8A3

monochromatic

#3F8CD3 #71AADF #A3C8EA #D5E6F5 #E6F0F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#A3C8EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.01

#A3C8EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A3C8EA

12.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A3C8EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A3C8EA	1.00	1.75	12.01	12.01
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBC8EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2C0E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8DD0D3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a3c8ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(163, 200, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.8% 0.062 246.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0d8f0',
    500: '#a3c8ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a3c8ea;
$custom-light: #c0d8f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a3c8ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 163,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.732,
    "s": 62.832,
    "l": 77.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81755,
    "c": 0.06232,
    "h": 246.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.55036
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A3C8EA

secondary

#C6976C

accent

#6F1BCB

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F9FBFE

border

#D2D4D6

text

#121416

muted

#828385

Preview Lab

Preview with #A3C8EA

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

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