#A8BED2#A8BED2

#A8BED2 is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.498; OKLCH L 79.1% C 0.037 H 245.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8BED2
RGB	rgb(168, 190, 210)
HSL	hsl(209, 32%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(209, 20%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(20%, 9.5%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.95, -3.22, -12.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.95, 12.95, 255.59°)
OKLab	oklab(79.13% -0.0153 -0.034)
OKLCH	oklch(79.13% 0.037 245.7)
XYZ	xyz(46.1917, 49.8037, 68.1396)
Luminance	0.4980 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8BED2 #D2BCA8

analogous

#A8D2D1 #A8BED2 #A8A9D2

triadic

#A8BED2 #D2A8BE #BED2A8

tetradic

#A8BED2 #D1A8D2 #D2BCA8 #A9D2A8

square

#A8BED2 #D1A8D2 #D2BCA8 #A9D2A8

split-complementary

#A8BED2 #D2A8A9 #D2D1A8

monochromatic

#5782A8 #80A0BD #A8BED2 #D0DCE7 #EBF0F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#A8BED2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.96

#A8BED2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8BED2

10.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8BED2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8BED2	1.00	1.92	10.96	10.96
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6BED3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1B9D2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9DC3C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8bed2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 190, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.1% 0.037 245.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2d1df',
    500: '#a8bed2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8bed2;
$custom-light: #c2d1df;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8bed2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.571,
    "s": 31.818,
    "l": 74.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79133,
    "c": 0.03733,
    "h": 245.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.49805
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8BED2

secondary

#EBE5E0

accent

#703BAB

background

#FBFCFD

surface

#F7F9FB

border

#D0D2D4

text

#121415

muted

#818283

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8BED2

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

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