#A8C8EA#A8C8EA

#A8C8EA is a very light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.556; OKLCH L 82.1% C 0.059 H 250.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8C8EA
RGB	rgb(168, 200, 234)
HSL	hsl(211, 61%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(211, 28%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.2%, 14.5%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.37, -3.06, -20.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.37, 20.55, 261.44°)
OKLab	oklab(82.08% -0.0201 -0.0557)
OKLCH	oklch(82.08% 0.059 250.1)
XYZ	xyz(51.6497, 55.5719, 85.8310)
Luminance	0.5557 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8C8EA #EACAA8

analogous

#A8E9EA #A8C8EA #A9A8EA

triadic

#A8C8EA #EAA8C8 #C8EAA8

tetradic

#A8C8EA #EAA8E9 #EACAA8 #A8EAA9

square

#A8C8EA #EAA8E9 #EACAA8 #A8EAA9

split-complementary

#A8C8EA #EAA9A8 #E9EAA8

monochromatic

#458AD2 #77A9DE #A8C8EA #D9E7F6 #E6EFF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#A8C8EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.11

#A8C8EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8C8EA

12.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8C8EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8C8EA	1.00	1.73	12.11	12.11
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBC8EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3C2E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#95D0D3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8c8ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 200, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.1% 0.059 250.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3d8f0',
    500: '#a8c8ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8c8ea;
$custom-light: #c3d8f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8c8ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210.909,
    "s": 61.111,
    "l": 78.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82078,
    "c": 0.05919,
    "h": 250.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.55574
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8C8EA

secondary

#C69C70

accent

#751DC9

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F9FBFE

border

#D2D4D6

text

#121416

muted

#828385

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8C8EA

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

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