#A8CBDA#A8CBDA

#A8CBDA is a very light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.561; OKLCH L 82.1% C 0.043 H 225.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8CBDA
RGB	rgb(168, 203, 218)
HSL	hsl(198, 40%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(198, 23%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.9%, 6.9%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.67, -8.32, -11.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.67, 14.03, 233.61°)
OKLab	oklab(82.15% -0.0299 -0.0307)
OKLCH	oklch(82.15% 0.043 225.7)
XYZ	xyz(50.1557, 56.0969, 74.5012)
Luminance	0.5610 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8CBDA #DAB7A8

analogous

#A8DAD0 #A8CBDA #A8B2DA

triadic

#A8CBDA #DAA8CB #CBDAA8

tetradic

#A8CBDA #D0A8DA #DAB7A8 #B2DAA8

square

#A8CBDA #D0A8DA #DAB7A8 #B2DAA8

split-complementary

#A8CBDA #DAA8B2 #DAD0A8

monochromatic

#5298B5 #7DB1C8 #A8CBDA #D3E5EC #EAF2F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#A8CBDA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.22

#A8CBDA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8CBDA

12.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8CBDA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8CBDA	1.00	1.72	12.22	12.22
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3C9DB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBC3DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#99D0D0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8cbda;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 203, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.1% 0.043 225.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2dae5',
    500: '#a8cbda',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8cbda;
$custom-light: #c2dae5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8cbda",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198,
    "s": 40.323,
    "l": 75.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82148,
    "c": 0.04286,
    "h": 225.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.56099
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8CBDA

secondary

#B28775

accent

#5932B3

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F9FBFC

border

#D2D4D5

text

#121415

muted

#828384

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8CBDA

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

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