#A8BDCA#A8BDCA

#A8BDCA is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.490; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.030 H 235.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8BDCA
RGB	rgb(168, 189, 202)
HSL	hsl(203, 24%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(203, 17%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.8%, 6.4%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.44, -4.43, -8.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.44, 9.99, 243.67°)
OKLab	oklab(78.65% -0.017 -0.0242)
OKLCH	oklch(78.65% 0.03 235)
XYZ	xyz(45.0040, 48.9832, 62.9493)
Luminance	0.4898 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8BDCA #CAB5A8

analogous

#A8CAC6 #A8BDCA #A8ACCA

triadic

#A8BDCA #CAA8BD #BDCAA8

tetradic

#A8BDCA #C6A8CA #CAB5A8 #ACCAA8

square

#A8BDCA #C6A8CA #CAB5A8 #ACCAA8

split-complementary

#A8BDCA #CAA8AC #CAC6A8

monochromatic

#5E839A #82A0B3 #A8BDCA #CEDAE1 #ECF1F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#A8BDCA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.80

#A8BDCA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8BDCA

10.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8BDCA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8BDCA	1.00	1.95	10.80	10.80
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7BCCB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2B8CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9FC0C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8bdca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 189, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.030 235.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2d0da',
    500: '#a8bdca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8bdca;
$custom-light: #c2d0da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8bdca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.941,
    "s": 24.286,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78653,
    "c": 0.02958,
    "h": 235
  },
  "luminance": 0.48984
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8BDCA

secondary

#EAE4E1

accent

#6743A3

background

#FBFCFD

surface

#F7F9FA

border

#D0D2D3

text

#121414

muted

#818283

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8BDCA

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

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