#A8CDEB#A8CDEB

#A8CDEB is a very light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.580; OKLCH L 83.2% C 0.058 H 242.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8CDEB
RGB	rgb(168, 205, 235)
HSL	hsl(207, 63%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(207, 29%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.5%, 12.8%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.73, -5.47, -18.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.73, 19.58, 253.78°)
OKLab	oklab(83.16% -0.0263 -0.0514)
OKLCH	oklch(83.16% 0.058 242.9)
XYZ	xyz(52.9707, 57.9835, 86.9821)
Luminance	0.5799 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8CDEB #EBC6A8

analogous

#A8EBE8 #A8CDEB #A8ACEB

triadic

#A8CDEB #EBA8CD #CDEBA8

tetradic

#A8CDEB #E8A8EB #EBC6A8 #ACEBA8

square

#A8CDEB #E8A8EB #EBC6A8 #ACEBA8

split-complementary

#A8CDEB #EBA8AC #EBE8A8

monochromatic

#4494D4 #76B0E0 #A8CDEB #DAEAF6 #E6F1F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#A8CDEB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.60

#A8CDEB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8CDEB

12.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8CDEB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8CDEB	1.00	1.67	12.60	12.60
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1CDED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8C5EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#94D4D7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8cdeb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 205, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.2% 0.058 242.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3dcf1',
    500: '#a8cdeb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8cdeb;
$custom-light: #c3dcf1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8cdeb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.866,
    "s": 62.617,
    "l": 79.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8316,
    "c": 0.05777,
    "h": 242.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.57986
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8CDEB

secondary

#C79770

accent

#6A1BCA

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F9FCFE

border

#D2D5D6

text

#131516

muted

#828485

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8CDEB

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

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