#A4CDEB#A4CDEB

#A4CDEB is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.576; OKLCH L 82.9% C 0.061 H 240.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A4CDEB
RGB	rgb(164, 205, 235)
HSL	hsl(205, 64%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(205, 30%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.2%, 12.8%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.49, -6.61, -19.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.49, 20.30, 250.98°)
OKLab	oklab(82.91% -0.0301 -0.0526)
OKLCH	oklch(82.91% 0.061 240.2)
XYZ	xyz(52.1320, 57.5510, 86.9428)
Luminance	0.5755 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A4CDEB #EBC2A4

analogous

#A4EBE5 #A4CDEB #A4A9EB

triadic

#A4CDEB #EBA4CD #CDEBA4

tetradic

#A4CDEB #E5A4EB #EBC2A4 #A9EBA4

square

#A4CDEB #E5A4EB #EBC2A4 #A9EBA4

split-complementary

#A4CDEB #EBA4A9 #EBE5A4

monochromatic

#4096D5 #72B1E0 #A4CDEB #D6E9F6 #E6F1F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#A4CDEB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.51

#A4CDEB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A4CDEB

12.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A4CDEB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A4CDEB	1.00	1.68	12.51	12.51
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0CCED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7C4EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8ED4D7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a4cdeb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 205, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.9% 0.061 240.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0dcf1',
    500: '#a4cdeb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a4cdeb;
$custom-light: #c0dcf1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a4cdeb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.352,
    "s": 63.964,
    "l": 78.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82907,
    "c": 0.06058,
    "h": 240.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.57553
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A4CDEB

secondary

#C7936C

accent

#651ACC

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F9FCFE

border

#D2D5D6

text

#121516

muted

#828485

Preview Lab

Preview with #A4CDEB

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

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