#A8D6EE#A8D6EE

#A8D6EE is a very light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.626; OKLCH L 85.2% C 0.059 H 231.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8D6EE
RGB	rgb(168, 214, 238)
HSL	hsl(201, 67%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(201, 29%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.4%, 10.1%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.23, -9.47, -16.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.23, 19.14, 240.34°)
OKLab	oklab(85.16% -0.0368 -0.0455)
OKLCH	oklch(85.16% 0.059 231)
XYZ	xyz(55.6229, 62.5885, 90.0223)
Luminance	0.6259 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8D6EE #EEC0A8

analogous

#A8EEE3 #A8D6EE #A8B3EE

triadic

#A8D6EE #EEA8D6 #D6EEA8

tetradic

#A8D6EE #E3A8EE #EEC0A8 #B3EEA8

square

#A8D6EE #E3A8EE #EEC0A8 #B3EEA8

split-complementary

#A8D6EE #EEA8B3 #EEE3A8

monochromatic

#42A6DA #75BEE4 #A8D6EE #DBEEF8 #E5F3FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.55

#A8D6EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.52

#A8D6EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8D6EE

13.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8D6EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8D6EE	1.00	1.55	13.52	13.52
#FFFFFF	1.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAD4EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0CCEE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#92DDDD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8d6ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 214, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.2% 0.059 231.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3e2f3',
    500: '#a8d6ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8d6ee;
$custom-light: #c3e2f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8d6ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.571,
    "s": 67.308,
    "l": 79.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85162,
    "c": 0.0585,
    "h": 231
  },
  "luminance": 0.62591
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8D6EE

secondary

#CB8F6F

accent

#5616CF

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F9FCFE

border

#D2D5D6

text

#131517

muted

#828485

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8D6EE

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

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