#A8CAEB#A8CAEB

#A8CAEB is a very light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.566; OKLCH L 82.5% C 0.059 H 247.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8CAEB
RGB	rgb(168, 202, 235)
HSL	hsl(210, 63%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(210, 29%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.5%, 14%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.93, -3.88, -20.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.93, 20.38, 259.01°)
OKLab	oklab(82.53% -0.0224 -0.0548)
OKLCH	oklch(82.53% 0.059 247.8)
XYZ	xyz(52.2600, 56.5620, 86.7452)
Luminance	0.5656 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8CAEB #EBC9A8

analogous

#A8EBEB #A8CAEB #A8A9EB

triadic

#A8CAEB #EBA8CA #CAEBA8

tetradic

#A8CAEB #EBA8EB #EBC9A8 #A9EBA8

square

#A8CAEB #EBA8EB #EBC9A8 #A9EBA8

split-complementary

#A8CAEB #EBA8A9 #EBEBA8

monochromatic

#448DD4 #76ACE0 #A8CAEB #DAE8F6 #E6F0F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#A8CAEB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.31

#A8CAEB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8CAEB

12.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8CAEB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8CAEB	1.00	1.71	12.31	12.31
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDCAED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5C3EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#94D2D5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8caeb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 202, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.5% 0.059 247.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3daf1',
    500: '#a8caeb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8caeb;
$custom-light: #c3daf1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8caeb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 209.552,
    "s": 62.617,
    "l": 79.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82532,
    "c": 0.05918,
    "h": 247.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.56564
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8CAEB

secondary

#C79B70

accent

#711BCA

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F9FBFE

border

#D2D4D6

text

#121416

muted

#828385

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8CAEB

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

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