#A8CDEC#A8CDEC

#A8CDEC is a very light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.580; OKLCH L 83.2% C 0.059 H 243.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8CDEC
RGB	rgb(168, 205, 236)
HSL	hsl(207, 64%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(207, 29%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.8%, 13.1%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.76, -5.23, -19.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.76, 19.98, 254.82°)
OKLab	oklab(83.2% -0.0259 -0.0528)
OKLCH	oklch(83.2% 0.059 243.8)
XYZ	xyz(53.1156, 58.0414, 87.7451)
Luminance	0.5804 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8CDEC #ECC7A8

analogous

#A8ECE9 #A8CDEC #A8ABEC

triadic

#A8CDEC #ECA8CD #CDECA8

tetradic

#A8CDEC #E9A8EC #ECC7A8 #ABECA8

square

#A8CDEC #E9A8EC #ECC7A8 #ABECA8

split-complementary

#A8CDEC #ECA8AB #ECE9A8

monochromatic

#4493D6 #76B0E1 #A8CDEC #DAEAF7 #E6F1FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#A8CDEC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.61

#A8CDEC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8CDEC

12.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8CDEC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8CDEC	1.00	1.67	12.61	12.61
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1CDEE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8C5EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#94D4D7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8cdec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 205, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.2% 0.059 243.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3dcf2',
    500: '#a8cdec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8cdec;
$custom-light: #c3dcf2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8cdec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.353,
    "s": 64.151,
    "l": 79.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83196,
    "c": 0.05882,
    "h": 243.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.58044
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8CDEC

secondary

#C99870

accent

#6B1ACC

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F9FCFE

border

#D2D5D6

text

#131516

muted

#828485

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8CDEC

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

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