#A8DBEF#A8DBEF

#A8DBEF is a very light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.652; OKLCH L 86.3% C 0.059 H 224.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8DBEF
RGB	rgb(168, 219, 239)
HSL	hsl(197, 69%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(197, 30%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.7%, 8.4%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.60, -11.82, -15.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.60, 19.18, 231.96°)
OKLab	oklab(86.26% -0.0428 -0.0413)
OKLCH	oklch(86.26% 0.059 224)
XYZ	xyz(57.0551, 65.2172, 91.2265)
Luminance	0.6522 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8DBEF #EFBCA8

analogous

#A8EFDF #A8DBEF #A8B8EF

triadic

#A8DBEF #EFA8DB #DBEFA8

tetradic

#A8DBEF #DFA8EF #EFBCA8 #B8EFA8

square

#A8DBEF #DFA8EF #EFBCA8 #B8EFA8

split-complementary

#A8DBEF #EFA8B8 #EFDFA8

monochromatic

#41B0DC #74C6E5 #A8DBEF #DCF0F9 #E5F4FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.50

#A8DBEF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.04

#A8DBEF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8DBEF

14.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8DBEF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8DBEF	1.00	1.50	14.04	14.04
#FFFFFF	1.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0D8F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5CFEF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#91E1E1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8dbef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 219, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.3% 0.059 224.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3e6f4',
    500: '#a8dbef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8dbef;
$custom-light: #c3e6f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8dbef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.901,
    "s": 68.932,
    "l": 79.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86257,
    "c": 0.05946,
    "h": 224
  },
  "luminance": 0.6522
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8DBEF

secondary

#CD896F

accent

#4A15D1

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F9FCFE

border

#D2D5D6

text

#131517

muted

#828485

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8DBEF

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

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