#A8DCED#A8DCED

#A8DCED is a very light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.656; OKLCH L 86.4% C 0.058 H 219.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8DCED
RGB	rgb(168, 220, 237)
HSL	hsl(195, 66%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(195, 29%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.1%, 7.2%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.80, -12.80, -13.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.80, 18.77, 227.03°)
OKLab	oklab(86.4% -0.0448 -0.0375)
OKLCH	oklch(86.4% 0.058 219.9)
XYZ	xyz(57.0229, 65.6230, 89.7663)
Luminance	0.6563 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8DCED #EDB9A8

analogous

#A8EDDC #A8DCED #A8BAED

triadic

#A8DCED #EDA8DC #DCEDA8

tetradic

#A8DCED #DCA8ED #EDB9A8 #BAEDA8

square

#A8DCED #DCA8ED #EDB9A8 #BAEDA8

split-complementary

#A8DCED #EDA8BA #EDDCA8

monochromatic

#43B3D8 #75C8E3 #A8DCED #DBF0F7 #E6F5FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.49

#A8DCED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.13

#A8DCED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8DCED

14.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8DCED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8DCED	1.00	1.49	14.13	14.13
#FFFFFF	1.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1D9EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6D0ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#92E2E1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8dced;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 220, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.4% 0.058 219.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3e6f2',
    500: '#a8dced',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8dced;
$custom-light: #c3e6f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8dced",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.783,
    "s": 65.714,
    "l": 79.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86402,
    "c": 0.05843,
    "h": 219.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.65626
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8DCED

secondary

#CA866F

accent

#4518CE

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F9FCFE

border

#D2D5D6

text

#131617

muted

#828485

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8DCED

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

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