#A8CEED#A8CEED

#A8CEED is a very light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.586; OKLCH L 83.4% C 0.059 H 243.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8CEED
RGB	rgb(168, 206, 237)
HSL	hsl(207, 66%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(207, 29%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.1%, 13.1%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.06, -5.53, -19.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.06, 20.14, 254.08°)
OKLab	oklab(83.44% -0.0269 -0.053)
OKLCH	oklch(83.44% 0.059 243.1)
XYZ	xyz(53.5013, 58.5797, 88.5924)
Luminance	0.5858 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8CEED #EDC7A8

analogous

#A8EDEA #A8CEED #A8ACED

triadic

#A8CEED #EDA8CE #CEEDA8

tetradic

#A8CEED #EAA8ED #EDC7A8 #ACEDA8

square

#A8CEED #EAA8ED #EDC7A8 #ACEDA8

split-complementary

#A8CEED #EDA8AC #EDEAA8

monochromatic

#4395D8 #75B1E3 #A8CEED #DBEBF7 #E6F1FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#A8CEED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.72

#A8CEED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8CEED

12.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8CEED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8CEED	1.00	1.65	12.72	12.72
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1CEEF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8C6EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#93D5D8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8ceed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 206, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.4% 0.059 243.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3dcf2',
    500: '#a8ceed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8ceed;
$custom-light: #c3dcf2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8ceed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.957,
    "s": 65.714,
    "l": 79.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83442,
    "c": 0.05946,
    "h": 243.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.58582
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8CEED

secondary

#CA986F

accent

#6A18CE

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F9FCFE

border

#D2D5D6

text

#131517

muted

#828485

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8CEED

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

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