#A8CEDE#A8CEDE

#A8CEDE is a very light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.577; OKLCH L 82.9% C 0.046 H 225.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8CEDE
RGB	rgb(168, 206, 222)
HSL	hsl(198, 45%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(198, 24%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.3%, 7.2%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.59, -8.99, -12.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.59, 15.04, 233.28°)
OKLab	oklab(82.92% -0.0324 -0.0328)
OKLCH	oklch(82.92% 0.046 225.4)
XYZ	xyz(51.4007, 57.7394, 77.5297)
Luminance	0.5774 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8CEDE #DEB8A8

analogous

#A8DED3 #A8CEDE #A8B3DE

triadic

#A8CEDE #DEA8CE #CEDEA8

tetradic

#A8CEDE #D3A8DE #DEB8A8 #B3DEA8

square

#A8CEDE #D3A8DE #DEB8A8 #B3DEA8

split-complementary

#A8CEDE #DEA8B3 #DED3A8

monochromatic

#4F9CBC #7CB5CD #A8CEDE #D4E7EF #E9F3F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#A8CEDE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.55

#A8CEDE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8CEDE

12.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8CEDE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8CEDE	1.00	1.67	12.55	12.55
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5CCDF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDC5DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#98D3D3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8cede;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 206, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.9% 0.046 225.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3dde8',
    500: '#a8cede',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8cede;
$custom-light: #c3dde8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8cede",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.778,
    "s": 45,
    "l": 76.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82919,
    "c": 0.04608,
    "h": 225.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.57741
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8CEDE

secondary

#B68874

accent

#562DB8

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F9FCFC

border

#D2D5D5

text

#121516

muted

#828484

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8CEDE

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

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