#ABC8E8#ABC8E8

#ABC8E8 is a very light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.558; OKLCH L 82.2% C 0.055 H 251.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ABC8E8
RGB	rgb(171, 200, 232)
HSL	hsl(211, 57%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(211, 26%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.3%, 13.8%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.49, -2.65, -19.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.49, 19.23, 262.08°)
OKLab	oklab(82.2% -0.0179 -0.0521)
OKLCH	oklch(82.2% 0.055 251)
XYZ	xyz(52.0102, 55.7909, 84.3567)
Luminance	0.5579 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ABC8E8 #E8CBAB

analogous

#ABE7E8 #ABC8E8 #ADABE8

triadic

#ABC8E8 #E8ABC8 #C8E8AB

tetradic

#ABC8E8 #E8ABE7 #E8CBAB #ABE8AD

square

#ABC8E8 #E8ABE7 #E8CBAB #ABE8AD

split-complementary

#ABC8E8 #E8ADAB #E7E8AB

monochromatic

#4B89CE #7BA9DB #ABC8E8 #DBE7F5 #E7EFF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#ABC8E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.16

#ABC8E8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ABC8E8

12.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ABC8E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ABC8E8	1.00	1.73	12.16	12.16
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCC9EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5C2E7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9ACFD2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #abc8e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 200, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.2% 0.055 251.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5d8ef',
    500: '#abc8e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #abc8e8;
$custom-light: #c5d8ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#abc8e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.475,
    "s": 57.009,
    "l": 79.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82204,
    "c": 0.05504,
    "h": 251
  },
  "luminance": 0.55793
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ABC8E8

secondary

#C39E74

accent

#7721C5

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F9FBFE

border

#D2D4D6

text

#131416

muted

#828385

Preview Lab

Preview with #ABC8E8

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

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