#ABCED8#ABCED8

#ABCED8 is a very light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.578; OKLCH L 82.9% C 0.040 H 217.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ABCED8
RGB	rgb(171, 206, 216)
HSL	hsl(193, 37%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(193, 21%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.8%, 4.6%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.60, -9.41, -8.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.60, 12.89, 223.10°)
OKLab	oklab(82.92% -0.0318 -0.0239)
OKLCH	oklch(82.92% 0.04 217)
XYZ	xyz(51.2571, 57.7567, 73.3999)
Luminance	0.5776 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ABCED8 #D8B5AB

analogous

#ABD8CB #ABCED8 #ABB7D8

triadic

#ABCED8 #D8ABCE #CED8AB

tetradic

#ABCED8 #CBABD8 #D8B5AB #B7D8AB

square

#ABCED8 #CBABD8 #D8B5AB #B7D8AB

split-complementary

#ABCED8 #D8ABB7 #D8CBAB

monochromatic

#579DB1 #81B6C5 #ABCED8 #D5E6EB #EAF3F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#ABCED8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.55

#ABCED8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ABCED8

12.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ABCED8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ABCED8	1.00	1.67	12.55	12.55
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7CBD9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0C6D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9ED2D1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #abced8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 206, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.9% 0.040 217.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4dde4',
    500: '#abced8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #abced8;
$custom-light: #c4dde4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#abced8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.333,
    "s": 36.585,
    "l": 75.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82916,
    "c": 0.03975,
    "h": 217
  },
  "luminance": 0.57758
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ABCED8

secondary

#AF8478

accent

#5136AF

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F9FCFC

border

#D2D5D5

text

#131515

muted

#828484

Preview Lab

Preview with #ABCED8

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

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