#A3CDEC#A3CDEC

#A3CDEC is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.575; OKLCH L 82.9% C 0.062 H 240.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A3CDEC
RGB	rgb(163, 205, 236)
HSL	hsl(205, 66%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(205, 31%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.9%, 13.1%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.46, -6.66, -19.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.46, 20.86, 251.39°)
OKLab	oklab(82.88% -0.0307 -0.0542)
OKLCH	oklch(82.88% 0.062 240.5)
XYZ	xyz(52.0713, 57.5030, 87.6961)
Luminance	0.5750 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A3CDEC #ECC2A3

analogous

#A3ECE6 #A3CDEC #A3A8EC

triadic

#A3CDEC #ECA3CD #CDECA3

tetradic

#A3CDEC #E6A3EC #ECC2A3 #A8ECA3

square

#A3CDEC #E6A3EC #ECC2A3 #A8ECA3

split-complementary

#A3CDEC #ECA3A8 #ECE6A3

monochromatic

#3E96D7 #70B1E2 #A3CDEC #D6E9F6 #E6F1FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#A3CDEC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.50

#A3CDEC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A3CDEC

12.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A3CDEC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A3CDEC	1.00	1.68	12.50	12.50
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0CCEE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6C4EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8CD5D7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a3cdec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(163, 205, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.9% 0.062 240.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0dcf2',
    500: '#a3cdec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a3cdec;
$custom-light: #c0dcf2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a3cdec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 163,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.479,
    "s": 65.766,
    "l": 78.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82881,
    "c": 0.06229,
    "h": 240.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.57505
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A3CDEC

secondary

#C8936B

accent

#6518CE

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F9FCFE

border

#D2D5D6

text

#121516

muted

#828485

Preview Lab

Preview with #A3CDEC

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

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