#A8A4BF#A8A4BF

#A8A4BF is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.039 H 292.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A4BF
RGB	rgb(168, 164, 191)
HSL	hsl(249, 17%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(249, 14%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(12%, 14.1%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.49, 6.82, -13.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.49, 14.96, 297.13°)
OKLab	oklab(73.09% 0.0147 -0.036)
OKLCH	oklch(73.09% 0.039 292.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.8259, 38.6371, 54.6923)
Luminance	0.3864 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A4BF #BBBFA4

analogous

#A4AEBF #A8A4BF #B6A4BF

triadic

#A8A4BF #BFA8A4 #A4BFA8

tetradic

#A8A4BF #BFA4AE #BBBFA4 #A4BFB6

square

#A8A4BF #BFA4AE #BBBFA4 #A4BFB6

split-complementary

#A8A4BF #BFB6A4 #AEBFA4

monochromatic

#666089 #8680A6 #A8A4BF #CAC8D8 #EDECF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#A8A4BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.73

#A8A4BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A4BF

8.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A4BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A4BF	1.00	2.41	8.73	8.73
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EA7C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FA7BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A4A8AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a4bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 164, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.039 292.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2bfd2',
    500: '#a8a4bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a4bf;
$custom-light: #c2bfd2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a4bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 248.889,
    "s": 17.419,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73088,
    "c": 0.03887,
    "h": 292.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38637
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A4BF

secondary

#E2E3DC

accent

#9C4A90

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F7F6F9

border

#D0D0D2

text

#121214

muted

#818182

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A4BF

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

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