#A8CEEB#A8CEEB

#A8CEEB is a very light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.585; OKLCH L 83.4% C 0.057 H 241.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8CEEB
RGB	rgb(168, 206, 235)
HSL	hsl(206, 63%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(206, 29%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.5%, 12.3%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.00, -6.00, -18.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.00, 19.35, 251.95°)
OKLab	oklab(83.37% -0.0276 -0.0503)
OKLCH	oklch(83.37% 0.057 241.3)
XYZ	xyz(53.2107, 58.4634, 87.0621)
Luminance	0.5847 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8CEEB #EBC5A8

analogous

#A8EBE7 #A8CEEB #A8ADEB

triadic

#A8CEEB #EBA8CE #CEEBA8

tetradic

#A8CEEB #E7A8EB #EBC5A8 #ADEBA8

square

#A8CEEB #E7A8EB #EBC5A8 #ADEBA8

split-complementary

#A8CEEB #EBA8AD #EBE7A8

monochromatic

#4496D4 #76B2E0 #A8CEEB #DAEAF6 #E6F1F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#A8CEEB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.69

#A8CEEB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8CEEB

12.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8CEEB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8CEEB	1.00	1.65	12.69	12.69
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2CDEC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9C6EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#94D5D7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8ceeb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 206, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.4% 0.057 241.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3dcf1',
    500: '#a8ceeb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8ceeb;
$custom-light: #c3dcf1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8ceeb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.97,
    "s": 62.617,
    "l": 79.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8337,
    "c": 0.0574,
    "h": 241.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.58466
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8CEEB

secondary

#C79670

accent

#671BCA

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F9FCFE

border

#D2D5D6

text

#131516

muted

#828485

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8CEEB

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

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