#A8CBDB#A8CBDB

#A8CBDB is a very light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.562; OKLCH L 82.2% C 0.044 H 227.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8CBDB
RGB	rgb(168, 203, 219)
HSL	hsl(199, 41%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(199, 23%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.3%, 7.3%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.70, -8.10, -11.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.70, 14.30, 235.50°)
OKLab	oklab(82.18% -0.0295 -0.032)
OKLCH	oklch(82.18% 0.044 227.3)
XYZ	xyz(50.2869, 56.1494, 75.1925)
Luminance	0.5615 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8CBDB #DBB8A8

analogous

#A8DBD1 #A8CBDB #A8B1DB

triadic

#A8CBDB #DBA8CB #CBDBA8

tetradic

#A8CBDB #D1A8DB #DBB8A8 #B1DBA8

square

#A8CBDB #D1A8DB #DBB8A8 #B1DBA8

split-complementary

#A8CBDB #DBA8B1 #DBD1A8

monochromatic

#5197B7 #7DB1C9 #A8CBDB #D3E5ED #E9F2F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#A8CBDB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.23

#A8CBDB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8CBDB

12.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8CBDB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8CBDB	1.00	1.72	12.23	12.23
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3C9DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBC3DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#99D0D0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8cbdb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 203, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.2% 0.044 227.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2dae6',
    500: '#a8cbdb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8cbdb;
$custom-light: #c2dae6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8cbdb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.824,
    "s": 41.463,
    "l": 75.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82182,
    "c": 0.04357,
    "h": 227.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.56151
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8CBDB

secondary

#B38874

accent

#5A31B5

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F9FBFC

border

#D2D4D5

text

#121415

muted

#828384

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8CBDB

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

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