#A8CDCC#A8CDCC

#A8CDCC is a very light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.563; OKLCH L 82.1% C 0.039 H 194.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8CDCC
RGB	rgb(168, 205, 204)
HSL	hsl(178, 27%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(178, 18%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(18%, 0%, 0.5%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.81, -12.40, -3.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.81, 12.90, 196.07°)
OKLab	oklab(82.13% -0.038 -0.0097)
OKLCH	oklch(82.13% 0.039 194.4)
XYZ	xyz(48.8758, 56.3455, 65.4156)
Luminance	0.5635 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8CDCC #CDA8A9

analogous

#A8CDB9 #A8CDCC #A8BBCD

triadic

#A8CDCC #CCA8CD #CDCCA8

tetradic

#A8CDCC #B9A8CD #CDA8A9 #BBCDA8

square

#A8CDCC #B9A8CD #CDA8A9 #BBCDA8

split-complementary

#A8CDCC #CDA8BB #CDB9A8

monochromatic

#5B9F9D #81B7B5 #A8CDCC #CFE3E3 #ECF4F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#A8CDCC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.27

#A8CDCC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8CDCC

12.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8CDCC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8CDCC	1.00	1.71	12.27	12.27
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8C9CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1C3CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9DCFCD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8cdcc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 205, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.1% 0.039 194.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2dcdb',
    500: '#a8cdcc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8cdcc;
$custom-light: #c2dcdb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8cdcc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.378,
    "s": 27.007,
    "l": 73.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82128,
    "c": 0.03927,
    "h": 194.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.56347
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8CDCC

secondary

#A27778

accent

#4043A6

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F9FCFB

border

#D2D5D4

text

#121515

muted

#828484

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8CDCC

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

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