#A8DAEE#A8DAEE

#A8DAEE is a very light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.646; OKLCH L 86.0% C 0.059 H 224.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8DAEE
RGB	rgb(168, 218, 238)
HSL	hsl(197, 67%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(197, 29%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.4%, 8.4%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.30, -11.54, -15.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.30, 18.94, 232.48°)
OKLab	oklab(86.01% -0.0419 -0.041)
OKLCH	oklch(86.01% 0.059 224.4)
XYZ	xyz(56.6477, 64.6381, 90.3639)
Luminance	0.6464 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8DAEE #EEBCA8

analogous

#A8EEDF #A8DAEE #A8B7EE

triadic

#A8DAEE #EEA8DA #DAEEA8

tetradic

#A8DAEE #DFA8EE #EEBCA8 #B7EEA8

square

#A8DAEE #DFA8EE #EEBCA8 #B7EEA8

split-complementary

#A8DAEE #EEA8B7 #EEDFA8

monochromatic

#42AEDA #75C4E4 #A8DAEE #DBF0F8 #E5F4FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.51

#A8DAEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.93

#A8DAEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8DAEE

13.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8DAEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8DAEE	1.00	1.51	13.93	13.93
#FFFFFF	1.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFD7EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4CFEE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#91E0E0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8daee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 218, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.0% 0.059 224.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3e5f3',
    500: '#a8daee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8daee;
$custom-light: #c3e5f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8daee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 218,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.143,
    "s": 67.308,
    "l": 79.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8601,
    "c": 0.05865,
    "h": 224.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.64641
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8DAEE

secondary

#CB896F

accent

#4B16CF

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F9FCFE

border

#D2D5D6

text

#131517

muted

#828485

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8DAEE

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

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