#A8CDC8#A8CDC8

#A8CDC8 is a very light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.562; OKLCH L 82.0% C 0.040 H 186.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8CDC8
RGB	rgb(168, 205, 200)
HSL	hsl(172, 27%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(172, 18%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(18%, 0%, 2.4%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.70, -13.23, -1.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.70, 13.32, 186.82°)
OKLab	oklab(82.01% -0.0396 -0.0044)
OKLCH	oklch(82.01% 0.04 186.4)
XYZ	xyz(48.4022, 56.1561, 62.9214)
Luminance	0.5616 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8CDC8 #CDA8AD

analogous

#A8CDB5 #A8CDC8 #A8BFCD

triadic

#A8CDC8 #C8A8CD #CDC8A8

tetradic

#A8CDC8 #B5A8CD #CDA8AD #BFCDA8

square

#A8CDC8 #B5A8CD #CDA8AD #BFCDA8

split-complementary

#A8CDC8 #CDA8BF #CDB5A8

monochromatic

#5B9F96 #81B7AF #A8CDC8 #CFE3E1 #ECF4F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#A8CDC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.23

#A8CDC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8CDC8

12.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8CDC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8CDC8	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)

#C9C9C8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2C3C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9ECFCB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8cdc8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 205, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.0% 0.040 186.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2dcd8',
    500: '#a8cdc8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8cdc8;
$custom-light: #c2dcd8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8cdc8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.892,
    "s": 27.007,
    "l": 73.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82007,
    "c": 0.03989,
    "h": 186.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.56158
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8CDC8

secondary

#A2777D

accent

#404EA6

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F9FCFB

border

#D2D5D4

text

#121514

muted

#828483

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8CDC8

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

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