#A8CDCE#A8CDCE

#A8CDCE is a very light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.564; OKLCH L 82.2% C 0.039 H 198.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8CDCE
RGB	rgb(168, 205, 206)
HSL	hsl(182, 28%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(182, 18%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.4%, 0.5%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.86, -11.97, -4.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.86, 12.81, 200.86°)
OKLab	oklab(82.19% -0.0372 -0.0124)
OKLCH	oklch(82.19% 0.039 198.4)
XYZ	xyz(49.1172, 56.4421, 66.6871)
Luminance	0.5644 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8CDCE #CEA9A8

analogous

#A8CEBC #A8CDCE #A8BACE

triadic

#A8CDCE #CEA8CD #CDCEA8

tetradic

#A8CDCE #BCA8CE #CEA9A8 #BACEA8

square

#A8CDCE #BCA8CE #CEA9A8 #BACEA8

split-complementary

#A8CDCE #CEA8BA #CEBCA8

monochromatic

#5B9FA1 #81B6B8 #A8CDCE #CFE3E4 #EBF4F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#A8CDCE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.29

#A8CDCE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8CDCE

12.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8CDCE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8CDCE	1.00	1.71	12.29	12.29
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8C9CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0C4CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9CD0CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8cdce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 205, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.2% 0.039 198.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2dcdc',
    500: '#a8cdce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8cdce;
$custom-light: #c2dcdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8cdce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.579,
    "s": 27.941,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82189,
    "c": 0.03926,
    "h": 198.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.56444
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8CDCE

secondary

#A37877

accent

#423FA7

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F9FCFC

border

#D2D5D5

text

#121515

muted

#828484

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8CDCE

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

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