#A8DCE5#A8DCE5

#A8DCE5 is a very light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.652; OKLCH L 86.1% C 0.055 H 209.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8DCE5
RGB	rgb(168, 220, 229)
HSL	hsl(189, 54%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(189, 27%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.6%, 3.9%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.57, -14.62, -9.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.57, 17.63, 213.97°)
OKLab	oklab(86.14% -0.0478 -0.0268)
OKLCH	oklch(86.14% 0.055 209.3)
XYZ	xyz(55.8801, 65.1658, 83.7475)
Luminance	0.6517 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8DCE5 #E5B1A8

analogous

#A8E5CF #A8DCE5 #A8BEE5

triadic

#A8DCE5 #E5A8DC #DCE5A8

tetradic

#A8DCE5 #CFA8E5 #E5B1A8 #BEE5A8

square

#A8DCE5 #CFA8E5 #E5B1A8 #BEE5A8

split-complementary

#A8DCE5 #E5A8BE #E5CFA8

monochromatic

#4AB6C9 #79C9D7 #A8DCE5 #D7EFF3 #E7F6F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.50

#A8DCE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.03

#A8DCE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8DCE5

14.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8DCE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8DCE5	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)

#D3D8E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9D0E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#94E1DF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8dce5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 220, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.1% 0.055 209.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3e7ed',
    500: '#a8dce5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8dce5;
$custom-light: #c3e7ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8dce5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.852,
    "s": 53.982,
    "l": 77.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86138,
    "c": 0.05487,
    "h": 209.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.65168
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8DCE5

secondary

#BF7D72

accent

#3B24C1

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F9FCFD

border

#D2D5D5

text

#131616

muted

#828484

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8DCE5

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

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