#A3CBD9#A3CBD9

#A3CBD9 is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.555; OKLCH L 81.8% C 0.047 H 221.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A3CBD9
RGB	rgb(163, 203, 217)
HSL	hsl(196, 42%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(196, 25%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.9%, 6.5%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.33, -10.05, -11.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.33, 15.11, 228.33°)
OKLab	oklab(81.79% -0.0351 -0.0307)
OKLCH	oklch(81.79% 0.047 221.2)
XYZ	xyz(48.9809, 55.5062, 73.7652)
Luminance	0.5551 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A3CBD9 #D9B1A3

analogous

#A3D9CC #A3CBD9 #A3B0D9

triadic

#A3CBD9 #D9A3CB #CBD9A3

tetradic

#A3CBD9 #CCA3D9 #D9B1A3 #B0D9A3

square

#A3CBD9 #CCA3D9 #D9B1A3 #B0D9A3

split-complementary

#A3CBD9 #D9A3B0 #D9CCA3

monochromatic

#4C9AB5 #78B3C7 #A3CBD9 #CEE3EB #E9F3F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#A3CBD9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.10

#A3CBD9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A3CBD9

12.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A3CBD9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A3CBD9	1.00	1.74	12.10	12.10
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2C8DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAC2D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#93D0CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a3cbd9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(163, 203, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.8% 0.047 221.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfdae4',
    500: '#a3cbd9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a3cbd9;
$custom-light: #bfdae4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a3cbd9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 163,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.556,
    "s": 41.538,
    "l": 74.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81792,
    "c": 0.04666,
    "h": 221.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.55508
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A3CBD9

secondary

#B08170

accent

#5331B5

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F9FBFC

border

#D2D4D5

text

#121415

muted

#828384

Preview Lab

Preview with #A3CBD9

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

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