#A8CDC6#A8CDC6

#A8CDC6 is a light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.561; OKLCH L 81.9% C 0.040 H 182.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8CDC6
RGB	rgb(168, 205, 198)
HSL	hsl(169, 27%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(169, 18%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(18%, 0%, 3.4%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.65, -13.64, -0.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.65, 13.65, 182.47°)
OKLab	oklab(81.95% -0.0404 -0.0018)
OKLCH	oklch(81.95% 0.04 182.5)
XYZ	xyz(48.1700, 56.0632, 61.6984)
Luminance	0.5606 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8CDC6 #CDA8AF

analogous

#A8CDB3 #A8CDC6 #A8C1CD

triadic

#A8CDC6 #C6A8CD #CDC6A8

tetradic

#A8CDC6 #B3A8CD #CDA8AF #C1CDA8

square

#A8CDC6 #B3A8CD #CDA8AF #C1CDA8

split-complementary

#A8CDC6 #CDA8C1 #CDB3A8

monochromatic

#5B9F92 #81B7AD #A8CDC6 #CFE3DF #ECF4F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#A8CDC6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.21

#A8CDC6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8CDC6

12.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8CDC6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8CDC6	1.00	1.72	12.21	12.21
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9C9C6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2C3C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9ECFCB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8cdc6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 205, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.9% 0.040 182.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2dcd7',
    500: '#a8cdc6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8cdc6;
$custom-light: #c2dcd7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8cdc6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.649,
    "s": 27.007,
    "l": 73.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81947,
    "c": 0.04049,
    "h": 182.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.56065
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8CDC6

secondary

#A2777F

accent

#4053A6

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F9FCFB

border

#D2D5D4

text

#121514

muted

#828483

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8CDC6

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

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