#A8DEF5#A8DEF5

#A8DEF5 is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.672; OKLCH L 87.1% C 0.064 H 226.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8DEF5
RGB	rgb(168, 222, 245)
HSL	hsl(198, 79%, 81%)
HSV	hsv(198, 31%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.4%, 9.4%, 0%, 3.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.58, -11.95, -16.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.58, 20.61, 234.56°)
OKLab	oklab(87.1% -0.0443 -0.0459)
OKLCH	oklch(87.1% 0.064 226)
XYZ	xyz(58.7459, 67.1570, 96.2357)
Luminance	0.6716 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8DEF5 #F5BFA8

analogous

#A8F5E5 #A8DEF5 #A8B7F5

triadic

#A8DEF5 #F5A8DE #DEF5A8

tetradic

#A8DEF5 #E5A8F5 #F5BFA8 #B7F5A8

square

#A8DEF5 #E5A8F5 #F5BFA8 #B7F5A8

split-complementary

#A8DEF5 #F5A8B7 #F5E5A8

monochromatic

#3AB4E8 #71C9EF #A8DEF5 #DFF3FB #E4F5FC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.46

#A8DEF5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.43

#A8DEF5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8DEF5

14.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8DEF5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8DEF5	1.00	1.46	14.43	14.43
#FFFFFF	1.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2DBF6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6D2F5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8EE5E5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8def5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 222, 245);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.1% 0.064 226.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4e8f8',
    500: '#a8def5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8def5;
$custom-light: #c4e8f8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8def5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 245
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.922,
    "s": 79.381,
    "l": 80.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.871,
    "c": 0.06386,
    "h": 226
  },
  "luminance": 0.6716
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8DEF5

secondary

#D58B6C

accent

#490ADC

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F9FCFF

border

#D2D5D7

text

#131617

muted

#828485

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8DEF5

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

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