#A8CAEE#A8CAEE

#A8CAEE is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.567; OKLCH L 82.6% C 0.063 H 250.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8CAEE
RGB	rgb(168, 202, 238)
HSL	hsl(211, 67%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(211, 29%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.4%, 15.1%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.03, -3.17, -21.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.03, 21.69, 261.60°)
OKLab	oklab(82.64% -0.0213 -0.0588)
OKLCH	oklch(82.64% 0.063 250.1)
XYZ	xyz(52.6970, 56.7368, 89.0471)
Luminance	0.5674 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8CAEE #EECCA8

analogous

#A8EDEE #A8CAEE #A9A8EE

triadic

#A8CAEE #EEA8CA #CAEEA8

tetradic

#A8CAEE #EEA8ED #EECCA8 #A8EEA9

square

#A8CAEE #EEA8ED #EECCA8 #A8EEA9

split-complementary

#A8CAEE #EEA9A8 #EDEEA8

monochromatic

#428CDA #75ABE4 #A8CAEE #DBE9F8 #E5EFFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#A8CAEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.35

#A8CAEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8CAEE

12.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8CAEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8CAEE	1.00	1.70	12.35	12.35
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDCBF0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4C3ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#93D2D6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8caee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 202, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.6% 0.063 250.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3daf3',
    500: '#a8caee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8caee;
$custom-light: #c3daf3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8caee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210.857,
    "s": 67.308,
    "l": 79.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82642,
    "c": 0.0626,
    "h": 250.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.56739
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8CAEE

secondary

#CB9E6F

accent

#7516CF

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F9FBFE

border

#D2D4D6

text

#131417

muted

#828385

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8CAEE

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

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