#A8A5BB#A8A5BB

#A8A5BB is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.032 H 291.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A5BB
RGB	rgb(168, 165, 187)
HSL	hsl(248, 14%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(248, 12%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.2%, 11.8%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.62, 5.43, -10.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.62, 12.17, 296.48°)
OKLab	oklab(73.15% 0.0118 -0.0293)
OKLCH	oklch(73.15% 0.032 291.9)
XYZ	xyz(38.5714, 38.8228, 52.4656)
Luminance	0.3882 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A5BB #B8BBA5

analogous

#A5ADBB #A8A5BB #B3A5BB

triadic

#A8A5BB #BBA8A5 #A5BBA8

tetradic

#A8A5BB #BBA5AD #B8BBA5 #A5BBB3

square

#A8A5BB #BBA5AD #B8BBA5 #A5BBB3

split-complementary

#A8A5BB #BBB3A5 #ADBBA5

monochromatic

#676383 #8682A1 #A8A5BB #CAC8D5 #EBEBF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#A8A5BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.76

#A8A5BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A5BB

8.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A5BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A5BB	1.00	2.40	8.76	8.76
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0A8BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1A7BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A5A8AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a5bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 165, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.032 291.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2bfcf',
    500: '#a8a5bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a5bb;
$custom-light: #c2bfcf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a5bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 248.182,
    "s": 13.924,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73152,
    "c": 0.03162,
    "h": 291.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38823
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A5BB

secondary

#E0E1DB

accent

#984D8E

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F7F7F9

border

#D0D0D2

text

#121213

muted

#818182

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A5BB

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

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