#A8BEC8#A8BEC8

#A8BEC8 is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.493; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.028 H 226.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8BEC8
RGB	rgb(168, 190, 200)
HSL	hsl(199, 23%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(199, 16%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(16%, 5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.65, -5.39, -7.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.65, 9.28, 234.50°)
OKLab	oklab(78.8% -0.0191 -0.0204)
OKLCH	oklch(78.8% 0.028 226.9)
XYZ	xyz(44.9846, 49.3208, 61.7822)
Luminance	0.4932 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8BEC8 #C8B2A8

analogous

#A8C8C2 #A8BEC8 #A8AEC8

triadic

#A8BEC8 #C8A8BE #BEC8A8

tetradic

#A8BEC8 #C2A8C8 #C8B2A8 #AEC8A8

square

#A8BEC8 #C2A8C8 #C8B2A8 #AEC8A8

split-complementary

#A8BEC8 #C8A8AE #C8C2A8

monochromatic

#5F8596 #83A2B0 #A8BEC8 #CDDAE0 #ECF1F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#A8BEC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.86

#A8BEC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8BEC8

10.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8BEC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8BEC8	1.00	1.93	10.86	10.86
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9BDC9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4B9C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9FC1C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8bec8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 190, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.028 226.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2d1d8',
    500: '#a8bec8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8bec8;
$custom-light: #c2d1d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8bec8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.75,
    "s": 22.535,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78799,
    "c": 0.02798,
    "h": 226.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.49322
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8BEC8

secondary

#EAE4E1

accent

#6145A1

background

#FBFCFD

surface

#F7F9FA

border

#D0D2D3

text

#121414

muted

#818283

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8BEC8

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

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