#A6CDE8#A6CDE8

#A6CDE8 is a very light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.576; OKLCH L 82.9% C 0.056 H 238.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A6CDE8
RGB	rgb(166, 205, 232)
HSL	hsl(205, 59%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(205, 28%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.4%, 11.6%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.51, -6.75, -17.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.51, 18.79, 248.94°)
OKLab	oklab(82.93% -0.0293 -0.0479)
OKLCH	oklch(82.93% 0.056 238.6)
XYZ	xyz(52.1183, 57.5937, 84.6989)
Luminance	0.5760 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A6CDE8 #E8C1A6

analogous

#A6E8E2 #A6CDE8 #A6ACE8

triadic

#A6CDE8 #E8A6CD #CDE8A6

tetradic

#A6CDE8 #E2A6E8 #E8C1A6 #ACE8A6

square

#A6CDE8 #E2A6E8 #E8C1A6 #ACE8A6

split-complementary

#A6CDE8 #E8A6AC #E8E2A6

monochromatic

#4596CF #75B2DB #A6CDE8 #D7E8F5 #E7F1F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#A6CDE8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.52

#A6CDE8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A6CDE8

12.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A6CDE8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A6CDE8	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)

#C1CCE9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8C5E8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#92D4D6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a6cde8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 205, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.9% 0.056 238.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2dcef',
    500: '#a6cde8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a6cde8;
$custom-light: #c2dcef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a6cde8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.545,
    "s": 58.929,
    "l": 78.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82925,
    "c": 0.05618,
    "h": 238.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.57596
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A6CDE8

secondary

#C3916F

accent

#641FC7

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F9FCFE

border

#D2D5D6

text

#121516

muted

#828485

Preview Lab

Preview with #A6CDE8

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

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