#A8D8EA#A8D8EA

#A8D8EA is a very light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.634; OKLCH L 85.4% C 0.056 H 222.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8D8EA
RGB	rgb(168, 216, 234)
HSL	hsl(196, 61%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(196, 28%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.2%, 7.7%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.64, -11.44, -13.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.64, 17.99, 230.54°)
OKLab	oklab(85.45% -0.0408 -0.0379)
OKLCH	oklch(85.45% 0.056 222.9)
XYZ	xyz(55.5510, 63.3746, 87.1315)
Luminance	0.6338 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8D8EA #EABAA8

analogous

#A8EADB #A8D8EA #A8B7EA

triadic

#A8D8EA #EAA8D8 #D8EAA8

tetradic

#A8D8EA #DBA8EA #EABAA8 #B7EAA8

square

#A8D8EA #DBA8EA #EABAA8 #B7EAA8

split-complementary

#A8D8EA #EAA8B7 #EADBA8

monochromatic

#45ACD2 #77C2DE #A8D8EA #D9EEF6 #E6F4F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.54

#A8D8EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.68

#A8D8EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8D8EA

13.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8D8EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8D8EA	1.00	1.54	13.68	13.68
#FFFFFF	1.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CED5EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3CDEA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#93DEDD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8d8ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 216, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.4% 0.056 222.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3e4f0',
    500: '#a8d8ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8d8ea;
$custom-light: #c3e4f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8d8ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.364,
    "s": 61.111,
    "l": 78.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85449,
    "c": 0.05572,
    "h": 222.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.63377
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8D8EA

secondary

#C68870

accent

#4C1DC9

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F9FCFE

border

#D2D5D6

text

#131516

muted

#828485

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8D8EA

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

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