#A4CBD9#A4CBD9

#A4CBD9 is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.556; OKLCH L 81.9% C 0.046 H 221.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A4CBD9
RGB	rgb(164, 203, 217)
HSL	hsl(196, 41%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(196, 24%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.4%, 6.5%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.39, -9.75, -11.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.39, 14.84, 228.94°)
OKLab	oklab(81.86% -0.0342 -0.0304)
OKLCH	oklch(81.86% 0.046 221.7)
XYZ	xyz(49.1865, 55.6123, 73.7748)
Luminance	0.5561 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A4CBD9 #D9B2A4

analogous

#A4D9CD #A4CBD9 #A4B1D9

triadic

#A4CBD9 #D9A4CB #CBD9A4

tetradic

#A4CBD9 #CDA4D9 #D9B2A4 #B1D9A4

square

#A4CBD9 #CDA4D9 #D9B2A4 #B1D9A4

split-complementary

#A4CBD9 #D9A4B1 #D9CDA4

monochromatic

#4E9AB5 #79B2C7 #A4CBD9 #CFE4EB #E9F3F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#A4CBD9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.12

#A4CBD9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A4CBD9

12.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A4CBD9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A4CBD9	1.00	1.73	12.12	12.12
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3C9DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAC2D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#94D0CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a4cbd9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 203, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.9% 0.046 221.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0dae4',
    500: '#a4cbd9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a4cbd9;
$custom-light: #c0dae4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a4cbd9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.849,
    "s": 41.085,
    "l": 74.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81856,
    "c": 0.04576,
    "h": 221.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.55614
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A4CBD9

secondary

#B08271

accent

#5431B4

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F9FBFC

border

#D2D4D5

text

#121415

muted

#828384

Preview Lab

Preview with #A4CBD9

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

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