#A8A4BD#A8A4BD

#A8A4BD is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.036 H 292.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A4BD
RGB	rgb(168, 164, 189)
HSL	hsl(250, 16%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(250, 13%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.1%, 13.2%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.42, 6.40, -12.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.42, 13.87, 297.48°)
OKLab	oklab(73.02% 0.014 -0.0332)
OKLCH	oklch(73.02% 0.036 292.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.6074, 38.5497, 53.5411)
Luminance	0.3855 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A4BD #B9BDA4

analogous

#A4ADBD #A8A4BD #B5A4BD

triadic

#A8A4BD #BDA8A4 #A4BDA8

tetradic

#A8A4BD #BDA4AD #B9BDA4 #A4BDB5

square

#A8A4BD #BDA4AD #B9BDA4 #A4BDB5

split-complementary

#A8A4BD #BDB5A4 #ADBDA4

monochromatic

#676186 #8681A3 #A8A4BD #CAC7D7 #ECEBF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#A8A4BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.71

#A8A4BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A4BD

8.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A4BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A4BD	1.00	2.41	8.71	8.71
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FA7BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FA6BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A4A8AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a4bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 164, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.036 292.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2bfd0',
    500: '#a8a4bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a4bd;
$custom-light: #c2bfd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a4bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 249.6,
    "s": 15.924,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73017,
    "c": 0.03602,
    "h": 292.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.3855
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A4BD

secondary

#E1E2DB

accent

#9A4B8E

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F7F6F9

border

#D0D0D2

text

#121214

muted

#818182

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A4BD

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

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