#A8D4E7#A8D4E7

#A8D4E7 is a very light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.612; OKLCH L 84.5% C 0.053 H 226.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8D4E7
RGB	rgb(168, 212, 231)
HSL	hsl(198, 57%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(198, 27%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.3%, 8.2%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.47, -10.06, -14.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.47, 17.27, 234.38°)
OKLab	oklab(84.5% -0.0368 -0.0383)
OKLCH	oklch(84.5% 0.053 226.1)
XYZ	xyz(54.1114, 61.1790, 84.5434)
Luminance	0.6118 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8D4E7 #E7BBA8

analogous

#A8E7DA #A8D4E7 #A8B4E7

triadic

#A8D4E7 #E7A8D4 #D4E7A8

tetradic

#A8D4E7 #DAA8E7 #E7BBA8 #B4E7A8

square

#A8D4E7 #DAA8E7 #E7BBA8 #B4E7A8

split-complementary

#A8D4E7 #E7A8B4 #E7DAA8

monochromatic

#48A5CD #78BCDA #A8D4E7 #D8ECF4 #E7F3F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.59

#A8D4E7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.24

#A8D4E7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8D4E7

13.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8D4E7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8D4E7	1.00	1.59	13.24	13.24
#FFFFFF	1.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAD2E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0CAE7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#94DADA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8d4e7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 212, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.5% 0.053 226.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3e1ee',
    500: '#a8d4e7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8d4e7;
$custom-light: #c3e1ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8d4e7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.095,
    "s": 56.757,
    "l": 78.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84497,
    "c": 0.05313,
    "h": 226.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.61181
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8D4E7

secondary

#C28A71

accent

#5221C4

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F9FCFE

border

#D2D5D6

text

#121516

muted

#828485

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8D4E7

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

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