#A8BCDA#A8BCDA

#A8BCDA is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.494; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.048 H 258.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8BCDA
RGB	rgb(168, 188, 218)
HSL	hsl(216, 40%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(216, 23%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.9%, 13.8%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.67, -0.35, -17.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.67, 17.30, 268.84°)
OKLab	oklab(79% -0.0097 -0.0472)
OKLCH	oklch(79% 0.048 258.4)
XYZ	xyz(46.7832, 49.3519, 73.3771)
Luminance	0.4935 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8BCDA #DAC6A8

analogous

#A8D5DA #A8BCDA #ADA8DA

triadic

#A8BCDA #DAA8BC #BCDAA8

tetradic

#A8BCDA #DAA8D5 #DAC6A8 #A8DAAD

square

#A8BCDA #DAA8D5 #DAC6A8 #A8DAAD

split-complementary

#A8BCDA #DAADA8 #D5DAA8

monochromatic

#527AB5 #7D9BC8 #A8BCDA #D3DDEC #EAEEF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#A8BCDA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.87

#A8BCDA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8BCDA

10.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8BCDA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8BCDA	1.00	1.93	10.87	10.87
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2BDDB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADB8D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9BC2C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8bcda;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 188, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.048 258.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2d0e5',
    500: '#a8bcda',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8bcda;
$custom-light: #c2d0e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8bcda",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216,
    "s": 40.323,
    "l": 75.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78997,
    "c": 0.04815,
    "h": 258.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.49353
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8BCDA

secondary

#EDE7DE

accent

#8032B3

background

#FCFCFE

surface

#F8F9FC

border

#D1D2D5

text

#121315

muted

#818284

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8BCDA

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

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