#A8D5EF#A8D5EF

#A8D5EF is a very light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.621; OKLCH L 85.0% C 0.059 H 233.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8D5EF
RGB	rgb(168, 213, 239)
HSL	hsl(202, 69%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(202, 30%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.7%, 10.9%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.99, -8.72, -17.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.99, 19.57, 243.55°)
OKLab	oklab(84.99% -0.0352 -0.0479)
OKLCH	oklch(84.99% 0.059 233.7)
XYZ	xyz(55.5179, 62.1428, 90.7141)
Luminance	0.6214 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8D5EF #EFC2A8

analogous

#A8EFE6 #A8D5EF #A8B2EF

triadic

#A8D5EF #EFA8D5 #D5EFA8

tetradic

#A8D5EF #E6A8EF #EFC2A8 #B2EFA8

square

#A8D5EF #E6A8EF #EFC2A8 #B2EFA8

split-complementary

#A8D5EF #EFA8B2 #EFE6A8

monochromatic

#41A3DC #74BCE5 #A8D5EF #DCEEF9 #E5F3FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.56

#A8D5EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.43

#A8D5EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8D5EF

13.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8D5EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8D5EF	1.00	1.56	13.43	13.43
#FFFFFF	1.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9D3F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFCBEF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#92DCDD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8d5ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 213, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.0% 0.059 233.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3e1f4',
    500: '#a8d5ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8d5ef;
$custom-light: #c3e1f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8d5ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.972,
    "s": 68.932,
    "l": 79.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84986,
    "c": 0.05944,
    "h": 233.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.62145
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8D5EF

secondary

#CD916F

accent

#5A15D1

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F9FCFE

border

#D2D5D6

text

#131517

muted

#828485

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8D5EF

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

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