#A8BBCD#A8BBCD

#A8BBCD is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.483; OKLCH L 78.3% C 0.033 H 246.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8BBCD
RGB	rgb(168, 187, 205)
HSL	hsl(209, 27%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(209, 18%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(18%, 8.8%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.00, -2.71, -11.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.00, 11.57, 256.44°)
OKLab	oklab(78.33% -0.0131 -0.0305)
OKLCH	oklch(78.33% 0.033 246.8)
XYZ	xyz(44.9354, 48.2722, 64.6958)
Luminance	0.4827 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8BBCD #CDBAA8

analogous

#A8CDCC #A8BBCD #A8A8CD

triadic

#A8BBCD #CDA8BB #BBCDA8

tetradic

#A8BBCD #CCA8CD #CDBAA8 #A8CDA8

square

#A8BBCD #CCA8CD #CDBAA8 #A8CDA8

split-complementary

#A8BBCD #CDA8A8 #CDCCA8

monochromatic

#5B7E9F #819DB7 #A8BBCD #CFD9E3 #ECF0F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#A8BBCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.65

#A8BBCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8BBCD

10.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8BBCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8BBCD	1.00	1.97	10.65	10.65
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4BBCE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0B7CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9FBFC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8bbcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 187, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.033 246.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2cfdc',
    500: '#a8bbcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8bbcd;
$custom-light: #c2cfdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8bbcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 209.189,
    "s": 27.007,
    "l": 73.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78333,
    "c": 0.03315,
    "h": 246.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.48273
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8BBCD

secondary

#EAE5E1

accent

#7140A6

background

#FBFCFD

surface

#F7F9FB

border

#D0D2D4

text

#121315

muted

#818283

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8BBCD

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

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