#A8A5BC#A8A5BC

#A8A5BC is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.033 H 291.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A5BC
RGB	rgb(168, 165, 188)
HSL	hsl(248, 15%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(248, 12%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.6%, 12.2%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.65, 5.64, -11.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.65, 12.72, 296.30°)
OKLab	oklab(73.19% 0.0121 -0.0307)
OKLCH	oklch(73.19% 0.033 291.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.6788, 38.8657, 53.0313)
Luminance	0.3887 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A5BC #B9BCA5

analogous

#A5AEBC #A8A5BC #B4A5BC

triadic

#A8A5BC #BCA8A5 #A5BCA8

tetradic

#A8A5BC #BCA5AE #B9BCA5 #A5BCB4

square

#A8A5BC #BCA5AE #B9BCA5 #A5BCB4

split-complementary

#A8A5BC #BCB4A5 #AEBCA5

monochromatic

#676284 #8682A2 #A8A5BC #CAC8D6 #ECEBF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#A8A5BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.77

#A8A5BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A5BC

8.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A5BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A5BC	1.00	2.39	8.77	8.77
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0A8BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0A7BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A4A8AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a5bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 165, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.033 291.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2bfd0',
    500: '#a8a5bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a5bc;
$custom-light: #c2bfd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a5bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 247.826,
    "s": 14.65,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73187,
    "c": 0.03305,
    "h": 291.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.38866
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A5BC

secondary

#E1E2DB

accent

#994D8F

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F7F7F9

border

#D0D0D2

text

#121214

muted

#818182

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A5BC

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

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