#A8DBEE#A8DBEE

#A8DBEE is a very light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.652; OKLCH L 86.2% C 0.059 H 222.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8DBEE
RGB	rgb(168, 219, 238)
HSL	hsl(196, 67%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(196, 29%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.4%, 8%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.57, -12.05, -14.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.57, 18.95, 230.50°)
OKLab	oklab(86.22% -0.0432 -0.0399)
OKLCH	oklch(86.22% 0.059 222.8)
XYZ	xyz(56.9078, 65.1582, 90.4506)
Luminance	0.6516 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8DBEE #EEBBA8

analogous

#A8EEDE #A8DBEE #A8B8EE

triadic

#A8DBEE #EEA8DB #DBEEA8

tetradic

#A8DBEE #DEA8EE #EEBBA8 #B8EEA8

square

#A8DBEE #DEA8EE #EEBBA8 #B8EEA8

split-complementary

#A8DBEE #EEA8B8 #EEDEA8

monochromatic

#42B1DA #75C6E4 #A8DBEE #DBF0F8 #E5F4FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.50

#A8DBEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.03

#A8DBEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8DBEE

14.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8DBEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8DBEE	1.00	1.50	14.03	14.03
#FFFFFF	1.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0D8EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5CFEE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#91E1E1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8dbee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 219, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.2% 0.059 222.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3e6f3',
    500: '#a8dbee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8dbee;
$custom-light: #c3e6f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8dbee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.286,
    "s": 67.308,
    "l": 79.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86223,
    "c": 0.05881,
    "h": 222.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.65161
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8DBEE

secondary

#CB886F

accent

#4816CF

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F9FCFE

border

#D2D5D6

text

#131517

muted

#828485

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8DBEE

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

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