#A8BDCB#A8BDCB

#A8BDCB is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.490; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.030 H 237.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8BDCB
RGB	rgb(168, 189, 203)
HSL	hsl(204, 25%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(204, 17%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.2%, 6.9%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.47, -4.22, -9.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.47, 10.35, 245.96°)
OKLab	oklab(78.69% -0.0166 -0.0256)
OKLCH	oklch(78.69% 0.03 237)
XYZ	xyz(45.1228, 49.0307, 63.5749)
Luminance	0.4903 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8BDCB #CBB6A8

analogous

#A8CBC7 #A8BDCB #A8ABCB

triadic

#A8BDCB #CBA8BD #BDCBA8

tetradic

#A8BDCB #C7A8CB #CBB6A8 #ABCBA8

square

#A8BDCB #C7A8CB #CBB6A8 #ABCBA8

split-complementary

#A8BDCB #CBA8AB #CBC7A8

monochromatic

#5D839C #82A0B4 #A8BDCB #CEDAE2 #ECF0F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#A8BDCB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.81

#A8BDCB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8BDCB

10.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8BDCB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8BDCB	1.00	1.94	10.81	10.81
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7BCCC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2B8CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9FC1C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8bdcb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 189, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.030 237.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2d0da',
    500: '#a8bdcb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8bdcb;
$custom-light: #c2d0da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8bdcb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204,
    "s": 25.18,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78687,
    "c": 0.03049,
    "h": 237
  },
  "luminance": 0.49032
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8BDCB

secondary

#EAE5E1

accent

#6942A4

background

#FBFCFD

surface

#F7F9FA

border

#D0D2D3

text

#121414

muted

#818283

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8BDCB

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →