#A5CDC8#A5CDC8

#A5CDC8 is a light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.558; OKLCH L 81.8% C 0.043 H 187.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A5CDC8
RGB	rgb(165, 205, 200)
HSL	hsl(173, 29%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(173, 20%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.5%, 0%, 2.4%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.52, -14.17, -1.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.52, 14.30, 187.54°)
OKLab	oklab(81.81% -0.0425 -0.0052)
OKLCH	oklch(81.81% 0.043 187)
XYZ	xyz(47.7708, 55.8305, 62.8918)
Luminance	0.5583 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A5CDC8 #CDA5AA

analogous

#A5CDB4 #A5CDC8 #A5BECD

triadic

#A5CDC8 #C8A5CD #CDC8A5

tetradic

#A5CDC8 #B4A5CD #CDA5AA #BECDA5

square

#A5CDC8 #B4A5CD #CDA5AA #BECDA5

split-complementary

#A5CDC8 #CDA5BE #CDB4A5

monochromatic

#589F96 #7EB7B0 #A5CDC8 #CCE3E0 #EBF4F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#A5CDC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.17

#A5CDC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A5CDC8

12.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A5CDC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A5CDC8	1.00	1.73	12.17	12.17
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9C8C8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1C3C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9ACFCB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a5cdc8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 205, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.8% 0.043 187.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0dcd8',
    500: '#a5cdc8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a5cdc8;
$custom-light: #c0dcd8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a5cdc8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.5,
    "s": 28.571,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81812,
    "c": 0.04286,
    "h": 187
  },
  "luminance": 0.55832
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A5CDC8

secondary

#A2747A

accent

#3E4BA7

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F9FCFB

border

#D2D5D4

text

#121514

muted

#828483

Preview Lab

Preview with #A5CDC8

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

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