#A8CBCD#A8CBCD

#A8CBCD is a light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.554; OKLCH L 81.7% C 0.037 H 200.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8CBCD
RGB	rgb(168, 203, 205)
HSL	hsl(183, 27%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(183, 18%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(18%, 1%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.30, -11.15, -4.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.30, 12.17, 203.57°)
OKLab	oklab(81.73% -0.0349 -0.0132)
OKLCH	oklch(81.73% 0.037 200.7)
XYZ	xyz(48.5208, 55.4430, 65.8909)
Luminance	0.5544 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8CBCD #CDAAA8

analogous

#A8CDBC #A8CBCD #A8B8CD

triadic

#A8CBCD #CDA8CB #CBCDA8

tetradic

#A8CBCD #BCA8CD #CDAAA8 #B8CDA8

square

#A8CBCD #BCA8CD #CDAAA8 #B8CDA8

split-complementary

#A8CBCD #CDA8B8 #CDBCA8

monochromatic

#5B9B9F #81B4B7 #A8CBCD #CFE2E3 #ECF3F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#A8CBCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.09

#A8CBCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8CBCD

12.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8CBCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8CBCD	1.00	1.74	12.09	12.09
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6C8CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFC2CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9DCECB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8cbcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 203, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.037 200.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2dadc',
    500: '#a8cbcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8cbcd;
$custom-light: #c2dadc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8cbcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.243,
    "s": 27.007,
    "l": 73.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81729,
    "c": 0.03737,
    "h": 200.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.55444
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8CBCD

secondary

#A27977

accent

#4540A6

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F9FBFC

border

#D2D4D5

text

#121515

muted

#828484

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8CBCD

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

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