#A4C4E9#A4C4E9

#A4C4E9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.533; OKLCH L 80.9% C 0.063 H 252.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A4C4E9
RGB	rgb(164, 196, 233)
HSL	hsl(212, 61%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(212, 30%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.6%, 15.9%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.02, -2.32, -21.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.02, 21.97, 263.95°)
OKLab	oklab(80.94% -0.0191 -0.06)
OKLCH	oklch(80.94% 0.063 252.3)
XYZ	xyz(49.7534, 53.2536, 84.7325)
Luminance	0.5326 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A4C4E9 #E9C9A4

analogous

#A4E6E9 #A4C4E9 #A6A4E9

triadic

#A4C4E9 #E9A4C4 #C4E9A4

tetradic

#A4C4E9 #E9A4E6 #E9C9A4 #A4E9A6

square

#A4C4E9 #E9A4E6 #E9C9A4 #A4E9A6

split-complementary

#A4C4E9 #E9A6A4 #E6E9A4

monochromatic

#4184D1 #73A4DD #A4C4E9 #D5E4F5 #E6EFF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#A4C4E9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.65

#A4C4E9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A4C4E9

11.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A4C4E9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A4C4E9	1.00	1.80	11.65	11.65
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6C5EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEBEE8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#90CCD0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a4c4e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 196, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.9% 0.063 252.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0d5f0',
    500: '#a4c4e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a4c4e9;
$custom-light: #c0d5f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a4c4e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 212.174,
    "s": 61.062,
    "l": 77.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80945,
    "c": 0.06294,
    "h": 252.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.53256
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A4C4E9

secondary

#C49C6D

accent

#791DC9

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F9FBFE

border

#D2D4D6

text

#121416

muted

#828385

Preview Lab

Preview with #A4C4E9

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

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