#A8CDFF#A8CDFF

#A8CDFF is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.592; OKLCH L 83.9% C 0.081 H 256.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8CDFF
RGB	rgb(168, 205, 255)
HSL	hsl(214, 100%, 83%)
HSV	hsv(214, 34%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.1%, 19.6%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.40, -0.62, -28.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.40, 28.44, 268.75°)
OKLab	oklab(83.91% -0.0195 -0.0785)
OKLCH	oklch(83.91% 0.081 256)
XYZ	xyz(56.0243, 59.2049, 103.0641)
Luminance	0.5921 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8CDFF #FFDAA8

analogous

#A8F8FF #A8CDFF #AEA8FF

triadic

#A8CDFF #FFA8CD #CDFFA8

tetradic

#A8CDFF #FFA8F8 #FFDAA8 #A8FFAE

square

#A8CDFF #FFA8F8 #FFDAA8 #A8FFAE

split-complementary

#A8CDFF #FFAEA8 #F8FFA8

monochromatic

#2E87FF #6BAAFF #A8CDFF #E0EDFF #E0EDFF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#A8CDFF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.84

#A8CDFF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8CDFF

12.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8CDFF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8CDFF	1.00	1.64	12.84	12.84
#FFFFFF	1.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBCFFF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1C6FE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8DD8DE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8cdff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 205, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.9% 0.081 256.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4dcff',
    500: '#a8cdff',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8cdff;
$custom-light: #c4dcff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8cdff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.483,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 82.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83914,
    "c": 0.08088,
    "h": 256
  },
  "luminance": 0.59207
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8CDFF

secondary

#E4AF67

accent

#8400E6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F9FBFF

border

#D2D4D7

text

#131518

muted

#828486

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8CDFF

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

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