#A8BCC8#A8BCC8

#A8BCC8 is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.485; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.028 H 234.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8BCC8
RGB	rgb(168, 188, 200)
HSL	hsl(203, 23%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(203, 16%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(16%, 6%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.11, -4.33, -8.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.11, 9.41, 242.62°)
OKLab	oklab(78.38% -0.0163 -0.0226)
OKLCH	oklch(78.38% 0.028 234.1)
XYZ	xyz(44.5544, 48.4604, 61.6388)
Luminance	0.4846 (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

#A8BCC8 #C8B4A8

analogous

#A8C8C4 #A8BCC8 #A8ACC8

triadic

#A8BCC8 #C8A8BC #BCC8A8

tetradic

#A8BCC8 #C4A8C8 #C8B4A8 #ACC8A8

square

#A8BCC8 #C4A8C8 #C8B4A8 #ACC8A8

split-complementary

#A8BCC8 #C8A8AC #C8C4A8

monochromatic

#5F8296 #839FB0 #A8BCC8 #CDD9E0 #ECF1F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#A8BCC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.69

#A8BCC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8BCC8

10.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8BCC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8BCC8	1.00	1.96	10.69	10.69
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6BBC9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2B7C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A0BFC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8bcc8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 188, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.028 234.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2d0d8',
    500: '#a8bcc8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8bcc8;
$custom-light: #c2d0d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8bcc8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.5,
    "s": 22.535,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78377,
    "c": 0.02787,
    "h": 234.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.48461
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8BCC8

secondary

#EAE4E1

accent

#6745A1

background

#FBFCFD

surface

#F7F9FA

border

#D0D2D3

text

#121414

muted

#818283

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8BCC8

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

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