#A4CED5#A4CED5

#A4CED5 is a very light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.568; OKLCH L 82.4% C 0.045 H 208.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A4CED5
RGB	rgb(164, 206, 213)
HSL	hsl(189, 37%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(189, 23%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(23%, 3.3%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.09, -12.20, -8.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.09, 14.60, 213.30°)
OKLab	oklab(82.37% -0.0397 -0.0218)
OKLCH	oklch(82.37% 0.045 208.8)
XYZ	xyz(49.3878, 56.8373, 71.3064)
Luminance	0.5684 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A4CED5 #D5ABA4

analogous

#A4D5C4 #A4CED5 #A4B6D5

triadic

#A4CED5 #D5A4CE #CED5A4

tetradic

#A4CED5 #C4A4D5 #D5ABA4 #B6D5A4

square

#A4CED5 #C4A4D5 #D5ABA4 #B6D5A4

split-complementary

#A4CED5 #D5A4B6 #D5C4A4

monochromatic

#50A1AE #7AB7C2 #A4CED5 #CEE5E8 #EAF4F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#A4CED5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.37

#A4CED5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A4CED5

12.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A4CED5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A4CED5	1.00	1.70	12.37	12.37
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7CAD5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEC4D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#95D2D0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a4ced5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 206, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.4% 0.045 208.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0dde1',
    500: '#a4ced5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a4ced5;
$custom-light: #c0dde1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a4ced5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.571,
    "s": 36.842,
    "l": 73.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82368,
    "c": 0.04525,
    "h": 208.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.56839
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A4CED5

secondary

#AC7A72

accent

#4736B0

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F9FCFC

border

#D2D5D5

text

#121515

muted

#828484

Preview Lab

Preview with #A4CED5

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

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