#A8CDEE#A8CDEE

#A8CDEE is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.582; OKLCH L 83.3% C 0.061 H 245.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8CDEE
RGB	rgb(168, 205, 238)
HSL	hsl(208, 67%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(208, 29%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.4%, 13.9%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.83, -4.76, -20.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.83, 20.81, 256.77°)
OKLab	oklab(83.27% -0.0252 -0.0555)
OKLCH	oklch(83.27% 0.061 245.5)
XYZ	xyz(53.4078, 58.1583, 89.2840)
Luminance	0.5816 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8CDEE #EEC9A8

analogous

#A8EEEC #A8CDEE #A8AAEE

triadic

#A8CDEE #EEA8CD #CDEEA8

tetradic

#A8CDEE #ECA8EE #EEC9A8 #AAEEA8

square

#A8CDEE #ECA8EE #EEC9A8 #AAEEA8

split-complementary

#A8CDEE #EEA8AA #EEECA8

monochromatic

#4292DA #75B0E4 #A8CDEE #DBEAF8 #E5F0FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#A8CDEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.63

#A8CDEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8CDEE

12.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8CDEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8CDEE	1.00	1.66	12.63	12.63
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0CDF0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7C5ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#93D5D8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8cdee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 205, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.3% 0.061 245.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3dcf3',
    500: '#a8cdee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8cdee;
$custom-light: #c3dcf3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8cdee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.286,
    "s": 67.308,
    "l": 79.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83268,
    "c": 0.06097,
    "h": 245.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.58161
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8CDEE

secondary

#CB9A6F

accent

#6D16CF

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F9FCFE

border

#D2D5D6

text

#131517

muted

#828485

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8CDEE

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

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