#A8A4BE#A8A4BE

#A8A4BE is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.037 H 292.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A4BE
RGB	rgb(168, 164, 190)
HSL	hsl(249, 17%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(249, 14%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.6%, 13.7%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.46, 6.61, -12.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.46, 14.41, 297.30°)
OKLab	oklab(73.05% 0.0143 -0.0346)
OKLCH	oklch(73.05% 0.037 292.5)
XYZ	xyz(38.7163, 38.5932, 54.1148)
Luminance	0.3859 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A4BE #BABEA4

analogous

#A4ADBE #A8A4BE #B5A4BE

triadic

#A8A4BE #BEA8A4 #A4BEA8

tetradic

#A8A4BE #BEA4AD #BABEA4 #A4BEB5

square

#A8A4BE #BEA4AD #BABEA4 #A4BEB5

split-complementary

#A8A4BE #BEB5A4 #ADBEA4

monochromatic

#666187 #8680A5 #A8A4BE #CAC8D8 #ECEBF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#A8A4BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.72

#A8A4BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A4BE

8.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A4BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A4BE	1.00	2.41	8.72	8.72
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FA7BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FA6BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A4A8AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a4be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 164, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.037 292.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2bfd1',
    500: '#a8a4be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a4be;
$custom-light: #c2bfd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a4be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 249.231,
    "s": 16.667,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73053,
    "c": 0.03744,
    "h": 292.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38593
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A4BE

secondary

#E1E3DB

accent

#9B4B8F

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F7F6F9

border

#D0D0D2

text

#121214

muted

#818182

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A4BE

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

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