#A8CAEC#A8CAEC

#A8CAEC is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.566; OKLCH L 82.6% C 0.060 H 248.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8CAEC
RGB	rgb(168, 202, 236)
HSL	hsl(210, 64%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(210, 29%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.8%, 14.4%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.97, -3.65, -20.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.97, 20.81, 259.91°)
OKLab	oklab(82.57% -0.022 -0.0561)
OKLCH	oklch(82.57% 0.06 248.6)
XYZ	xyz(52.4049, 56.6200, 87.5082)
Luminance	0.5662 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8CAEC #ECCAA8

analogous

#A8ECEC #A8CAEC #A8A8EC

triadic

#A8CAEC #ECA8CA #CAECA8

tetradic

#A8CAEC #ECA8EC #ECCAA8 #A8ECA8

square

#A8CAEC #ECA8EC #ECCAA8 #A8ECA8

split-complementary

#A8CAEC #ECA8A8 #ECECA8

monochromatic

#448DD6 #76ABE1 #A8CAEC #DAE9F7 #E6F0FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#A8CAEC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.32

#A8CAEC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8CAEC

12.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8CAEC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8CAEC	1.00	1.70	12.32	12.32
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDCAEE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5C3EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#94D2D5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8caec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 202, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.6% 0.060 248.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3daf2',
    500: '#a8caec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8caec;
$custom-light: #c3daf2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8caec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210,
    "s": 64.151,
    "l": 79.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82569,
    "c": 0.06031,
    "h": 248.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.56622
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8CAEC

secondary

#C99C70

accent

#731ACC

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F9FBFE

border

#D2D4D6

text

#131416

muted

#828385

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8CAEC

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

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