#A8CDCD#A8CDCD

#A8CDCD is a very light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.564; OKLCH L 82.2% C 0.039 H 196.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8CDCD
RGB	rgb(168, 205, 205)
HSL	hsl(180, 27%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(180, 18%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(18%, 0%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.84, -12.18, -4.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.84, 12.85, 198.46°)
OKLab	oklab(82.16% -0.0376 -0.0111)
OKLCH	oklch(82.16% 0.039 196.4)
XYZ	xyz(48.9961, 56.3937, 66.0493)
Luminance	0.5639 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8CDCD #CDA8A8

analogous

#A8CDBA #A8CDCD #A8BACD

triadic

#A8CDCD #CDA8CD #CDCDA8

tetradic

#A8CDCD #BAA8CD #CDA8A8 #BACDA8

square

#A8CDCD #BAA8CD #CDA8A8 #BACDA8

split-complementary

#A8CDCD #CDA8BA #CDBAA8

monochromatic

#5B9F9F #81B7B7 #A8CDCD #CFE3E3 #ECF4F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#A8CDCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.28

#A8CDCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8CDCD

12.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8CDCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8CDCD	1.00	1.71	12.28	12.28
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8C9CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0C4CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9DD0CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8cdcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 205, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.2% 0.039 196.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2dcdc',
    500: '#a8cdcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8cdcd;
$custom-light: #c2dcdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8cdcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 27.007,
    "l": 73.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82158,
    "c": 0.03924,
    "h": 196.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.56395
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8CDCD

secondary

#A27777

accent

#4040A6

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F9FCFC

border

#D2D5D5

text

#121515

muted

#828484

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8CDCD

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

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