#A8CDC2#A8CDC2

#A8CDC2 is a light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.559; OKLCH L 81.8% C 0.042 H 175.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8CDC2
RGB	rgb(168, 205, 194)
HSL	hsl(162, 27%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(162, 18%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(18%, 0%, 5.4%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.55, -14.45, 1.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.55, 14.52, 174.45°)
OKLab	oklab(81.83% -0.0421 0.0035)
OKLCH	oklch(81.83% 0.042 175.2)
XYZ	xyz(47.7148, 55.8811, 59.3006)
Luminance	0.5588 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8CDC2 #CDA8B3

analogous

#A8CDAF #A8CDC2 #A8C5CD

triadic

#A8CDC2 #C2A8CD #CDC2A8

tetradic

#A8CDC2 #AFA8CD #CDA8B3 #C5CDA8

square

#A8CDC2 #AFA8CD #CDA8B3 #C5CDA8

split-complementary

#A8CDC2 #CDA8C5 #CDAFA8

monochromatic

#5B9F8B #81B7A7 #A8CDC2 #CFE3DD #ECF4F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#A8CDC2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.18

#A8CDC2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8CDC2

12.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8CDC2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8CDC2	1.00	1.72	12.18	12.18
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAC8C2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3C3C3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9FCECA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8cdc2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 205, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.8% 0.042 175.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2dcd4',
    500: '#a8cdc2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8cdc2;
$custom-light: #c2dcd4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8cdc2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 162.162,
    "s": 27.007,
    "l": 73.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81831,
    "c": 0.04223,
    "h": 175.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.55883
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8CDC2

secondary

#A27784

accent

#405EA6

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F9FCFB

border

#D2D5D4

text

#121514

muted

#828483

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8CDC2

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

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