#A8BCED#A8BCED

#A8BCED is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.504; OKLCH L 79.7% C 0.073 H 267.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8BCED
RGB	rgb(168, 188, 237)
HSL	hsl(223, 66%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(223, 29%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.1%, 20.7%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.32, 4.13, -26.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.32, 26.90, 278.82°)
OKLab	oklab(79.72% -0.0033 -0.0732)
OKLCH	oklch(79.72% 0.073 267.4)
XYZ	xyz(49.4134, 50.4040, 87.2298)
Luminance	0.5041 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8BCED #EDD9A8

analogous

#A8DEED #A8BCED #B7A8ED

triadic

#A8BCED #EDA8BC #BCEDA8

tetradic

#A8BCED #EDA8DE #EDD9A8 #A8EDB7

square

#A8BCED #EDA8DE #EDD9A8 #A8EDB7

split-complementary

#A8BCED #EDB7A8 #DEEDA8

monochromatic

#436ED8 #7595E3 #A8BCED #DBE3F7 #E6EBFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#A8BCED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.08

#A8BCED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8BCED

11.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8BCED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8BCED	1.00	1.90	11.08	11.08
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADC0EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6B9EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#95C6CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8bced;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 188, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.073 267.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3d0f3',
    500: '#a8bced',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8bced;
$custom-light: #c3d0f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8bced",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 222.609,
    "s": 65.714,
    "l": 79.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79718,
    "c": 0.07327,
    "h": 267.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.50406
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8BCED

secondary

#CAB06F

accent

#9918CE

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F9FBFE

border

#D2D4D6

text

#131317

muted

#828385

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8BCED

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

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