#A8D5EE#A8D5EE

#A8D5EE is a very light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.621; OKLCH L 85.0% C 0.059 H 232.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8D5EE
RGB	rgb(168, 213, 238)
HSL	hsl(201, 67%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(201, 29%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.4%, 10.5%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.96, -8.95, -17.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.96, 19.25, 242.28°)
OKLab	oklab(84.95% -0.0355 -0.0466)
OKLCH	oklch(84.95% 0.059 232.7)
XYZ	xyz(55.3706, 62.0839, 89.9382)
Luminance	0.6209 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8D5EE #EEC1A8

analogous

#A8EEE4 #A8D5EE #A8B2EE

triadic

#A8D5EE #EEA8D5 #D5EEA8

tetradic

#A8D5EE #E4A8EE #EEC1A8 #B2EEA8

square

#A8D5EE #E4A8EE #EEC1A8 #B2EEA8

split-complementary

#A8D5EE #EEA8B2 #EEE4A8

monochromatic

#42A4DA #75BCE4 #A8D5EE #DBEEF8 #E5F3FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.57

#A8D5EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.42

#A8D5EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8D5EE

13.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8D5EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8D5EE	1.00	1.57	13.42	13.42
#FFFFFF	1.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9D3EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFCBEE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#92DCDD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8d5ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 213, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.0% 0.059 232.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3e1f3',
    500: '#a8d5ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8d5ee;
$custom-light: #c3e1f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8d5ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.429,
    "s": 67.308,
    "l": 79.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8495,
    "c": 0.05858,
    "h": 232.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.62086
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8D5EE

secondary

#CB906F

accent

#5816CF

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F9FCFE

border

#D2D5D6

text

#131517

muted

#828485

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8D5EE

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

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