#A8BEC4#A8BEC4

#A8BEC4 is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.491; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.026 H 215.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8BEC4
RGB	rgb(168, 190, 196)
HSL	hsl(193, 19%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(193, 14%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.3%, 3.1%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.54, -6.24, -5.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.54, 8.35, 221.70°)
OKLab	oklab(78.67% -0.0207 -0.015)
OKLCH	oklch(78.67% 0.026 215.9)
XYZ	xyz(44.5232, 49.1363, 59.3523)
Luminance	0.4914 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8BEC4 #C4AEA8

analogous

#A8C4BC #A8BEC4 #A8B0C4

triadic

#A8BEC4 #C4A8BE #BEC4A8

tetradic

#A8BEC4 #BCA8C4 #C4AEA8 #B0C4A8

square

#A8BEC4 #BCA8C4 #C4AEA8 #B0C4A8

split-complementary

#A8BEC4 #C4A8B0 #C4BCA8

monochromatic

#628690 #84A3AB #A8BEC4 #CCD9DD #EDF1F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#A8BEC4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.83

#A8BEC4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8BEC4

10.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8BEC4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8BEC4	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)

#BABCC4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5B8C4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A0C0C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8bec4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 190, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.026 215.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2d1d5',
    500: '#a8bec4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8bec4;
$custom-light: #c2d1d5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8bec4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.857,
    "s": 19.178,
    "l": 71.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78671,
    "c": 0.02556,
    "h": 215.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.49137
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8BEC4

secondary

#E8E2E0

accent

#5A489E

background

#FBFCFD

surface

#F7F9FA

border

#D0D2D3

text

#121414

muted

#818283

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8BEC4

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

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