#A8BBCE#A8BBCE

#A8BBCE is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.483; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.034 H 248.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8BBCE
RGB	rgb(168, 187, 206)
HSL	hsl(210, 28%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(210, 18%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.4%, 9.2%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.03, -2.50, -11.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.03, 12.01, 258.01°)
OKLab	oklab(78.37% -0.0127 -0.0318)
OKLCH	oklch(78.37% 0.034 248.3)
XYZ	xyz(45.0565, 48.3206, 65.3335)
Luminance	0.4832 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8BBCE #CEBBA8

analogous

#A8CECE #A8BBCE #A8A8CE

triadic

#A8BBCE #CEA8BB #BBCEA8

tetradic

#A8BBCE #CEA8CE #CEBBA8 #A8CEA8

square

#A8BBCE #CEA8CE #CEBBA8 #A8CEA8

split-complementary

#A8BBCE #CEA8A8 #CECEA8

monochromatic

#5B7EA1 #819CB8 #A8BBCE #CFDAE4 #EBF0F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#A8BBCE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.66

#A8BBCE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8BBCE

10.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8BBCE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8BBCE	1.00	1.97	10.66	10.66
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4BBCF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFB7CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9EBFC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8bbce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 187, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.034 248.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2cfdd',
    500: '#a8bbce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8bbce;
$custom-light: #c2cfdd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8bbce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210,
    "s": 27.941,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78367,
    "c": 0.03428,
    "h": 248.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.48322
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8BBCE

secondary

#EAE6E1

accent

#733FA7

background

#FBFCFD

surface

#F7F9FB

border

#D0D2D4

text

#121315

muted

#818283

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8BBCE

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

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