#A8BDCD#A8BDCD

#A8BDCD is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.491; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.032 H 240.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8BDCD
RGB	rgb(168, 189, 205)
HSL	hsl(206, 27%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(206, 18%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(18%, 7.8%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.53, -3.78, -10.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.53, 11.12, 250.10°)
OKLab	oklab(78.75% -0.0158 -0.0283)
OKLCH	oklch(78.75% 0.032 240.8)
XYZ	xyz(45.3627, 49.1267, 64.8382)
Luminance	0.4913 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8BDCD #CDB8A8

analogous

#A8CDCA #A8BDCD #A8AACD

triadic

#A8BDCD #CDA8BD #BDCDA8

tetradic

#A8BDCD #CAA8CD #CDB8A8 #AACDA8

square

#A8BDCD #CAA8CD #CDB8A8 #AACDA8

split-complementary

#A8BDCD #CDA8AA #CDCAA8

monochromatic

#5B829F #81A0B7 #A8BDCD #CFDAE3 #ECF0F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#A8BDCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.83

#A8BDCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8BDCD

10.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8BDCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8BDCD	1.00	1.94	10.83	10.83
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6BCCE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2B8CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9EC1C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8bdcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 189, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.032 240.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2d0dc',
    500: '#a8bdcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8bdcd;
$custom-light: #c2d0dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8bdcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.946,
    "s": 27.007,
    "l": 73.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78753,
    "c": 0.03243,
    "h": 240.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.49128
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8BDCD

secondary

#EAE5E1

accent

#6C40A6

background

#FBFCFD

surface

#F7F9FB

border

#D0D2D4

text

#121415

muted

#818283

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8BDCD

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

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