#A8BCC4#A8BCC4

#A8BCC4 is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.483; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.025 H 223.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8BCC4
RGB	rgb(168, 188, 196)
HSL	hsl(197, 19%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(197, 14%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.3%, 4.1%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.00, -5.17, -6.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.00, 8.19, 230.83°)
OKLab	oklab(78.25% -0.0179 -0.0171)
OKLCH	oklch(78.25% 0.025 223.8)
XYZ	xyz(44.0930, 48.2759, 59.2089)
Luminance	0.4828 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8BCC4 #C4B0A8

analogous

#A8C4BE #A8BCC4 #A8AEC4

triadic

#A8BCC4 #C4A8BC #BCC4A8

tetradic

#A8BCC4 #BEA8C4 #C4B0A8 #AEC4A8

square

#A8BCC4 #BEA8C4 #C4B0A8 #AEC4A8

split-complementary

#A8BCC4 #C4A8AE #C4BEA8

monochromatic

#628390 #84A0AB #A8BCC4 #CCD8DD #EDF1F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#A8BCC4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.66

#A8BCC4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8BCC4

10.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8BCC4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8BCC4	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)

#B7BBC4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3B7C4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A1BFBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8bcc4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 188, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.025 223.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2d0d5',
    500: '#a8bcc4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8bcc4;
$custom-light: #c2d0d5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8bcc4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.143,
    "s": 19.178,
    "l": 71.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78247,
    "c": 0.02478,
    "h": 223.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.48277
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8BCC4

secondary

#E8E2E0

accent

#60489E

background

#FBFCFD

surface

#F7F9FA

border

#D0D2D3

text

#121414

muted

#818283

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8BCC4

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

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