#A8BBC8#A8BBC8

#A8BBC8 is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.480; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.028 H 237.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8BBC8
RGB	rgb(168, 187, 200)
HSL	hsl(204, 23%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(204, 16%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(16%, 6.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.85, -3.79, -8.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.85, 9.54, 246.57°)
OKLab	oklab(78.17% -0.0149 -0.0236)
OKLCH	oklch(78.17% 0.028 237.7)
XYZ	xyz(44.3415, 48.0346, 61.5678)
Luminance	0.4804 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8BBC8 #C8B5A8

analogous

#A8C8C5 #A8BBC8 #A8ABC8

triadic

#A8BBC8 #C8A8BB #BBC8A8

tetradic

#A8BBC8 #C5A8C8 #C8B5A8 #ABC8A8

square

#A8BBC8 #C5A8C8 #C8B5A8 #ABC8A8

split-complementary

#A8BBC8 #C8A8AB #C8C5A8

monochromatic

#5F8096 #839EB0 #A8BBC8 #CDD8E0 #ECF0F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#A8BBC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.61

#A8BBC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8BBC8

10.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8BBC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8BBC8	1.00	1.98	10.61	10.61
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5BAC9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1B7C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A0BEBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8bbc8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 187, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.028 237.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2cfd8',
    500: '#a8bbc8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8bbc8;
$custom-light: #c2cfd8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8bbc8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.375,
    "s": 22.535,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78166,
    "c": 0.02798,
    "h": 237.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.48036
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8BBC8

secondary

#EAE5E1

accent

#6A45A1

background

#FBFCFD

surface

#F7F9FA

border

#D0D2D3

text

#121314

muted

#818283

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8BBC8

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

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