#A4CDEC#A4CDEC

#A4CDEC is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.576; OKLCH L 82.9% C 0.062 H 241.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A4CDEC
RGB	rgb(164, 205, 236)
HSL	hsl(206, 65%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(206, 31%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.5%, 13.1%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.52, -6.38, -19.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.52, 20.68, 252.04°)
OKLab	oklab(82.94% -0.0298 -0.0539)
OKLCH	oklch(82.94% 0.062 241.1)
XYZ	xyz(52.2769, 57.6090, 87.7058)
Luminance	0.5761 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A4CDEC #ECC3A4

analogous

#A4ECE7 #A4CDEC #A4A9EC

triadic

#A4CDEC #ECA4CD #CDECA4

tetradic

#A4CDEC #E7A4EC #ECC3A4 #A9ECA4

square

#A4CDEC #E7A4EC #ECC3A4 #A9ECA4

split-complementary

#A4CDEC #ECA4A9 #ECE7A4

monochromatic

#3F95D7 #71B1E1 #A4CDEC #D7E9F7 #E6F1FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#A4CDEC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.52

#A4CDEC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A4CDEC

12.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A4CDEC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A4CDEC	1.00	1.68	12.52	12.52
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0CCEE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6C4EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8ED5D7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a4cdec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 205, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.9% 0.062 241.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0dcf2',
    500: '#a4cdec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a4cdec;
$custom-light: #c0dcf2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a4cdec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.833,
    "s": 65.455,
    "l": 78.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82943,
    "c": 0.06158,
    "h": 241.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.57611
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A4CDEC

secondary

#C8946C

accent

#6618CD

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F9FCFE

border

#D2D5D6

text

#121516

muted

#828485

Preview Lab

Preview with #A4CDEC

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

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