#A8D4E2#A8D4E2

#A8D4E2 is a very light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.609; OKLCH L 84.3% C 0.050 H 219.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8D4E2
RGB	rgb(168, 212, 226)
HSL	hsl(194, 50%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(194, 26%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.7%, 6.2%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.33, -11.20, -11.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.33, 16.13, 226.01°)
OKLab	oklab(84.33% -0.0387 -0.0316)
OKLCH	oklch(84.33% 0.05 219.2)
XYZ	xyz(53.4153, 60.9006, 80.8773)
Luminance	0.6090 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8D4E2 #E2B6A8

analogous

#A8E2D3 #A8D4E2 #A8B7E2

triadic

#A8D4E2 #E2A8D4 #D4E2A8

tetradic

#A8D4E2 #D3A8E2 #E2B6A8 #B7E2A8

square

#A8D4E2 #D3A8E2 #E2B6A8 #B7E2A8

split-complementary

#A8D4E2 #E2A8B7 #E2D3A8

monochromatic

#4CA7C3 #7ABDD3 #A8D4E2 #D6EBF1 #E8F4F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.59

#A8D4E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.18

#A8D4E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8D4E2

13.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8D4E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8D4E2	1.00	1.59	13.18	13.18
#FFFFFF	1.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBD1E3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2CAE2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#96D9D8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8d4e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 212, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.3% 0.050 219.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3e1eb',
    500: '#a8d4e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8d4e2;
$custom-light: #c3e1eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8d4e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.483,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 77.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84329,
    "c": 0.04996,
    "h": 219.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.60903
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8D4E2

secondary

#BB8473

accent

#4C28BD

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F9FCFD

border

#D2D5D5

text

#121516

muted

#828484

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8D4E2

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

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