#A8A5BE#A8A5BE

#A8A5BE is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.036 H 291.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A5BE
RGB	rgb(168, 165, 190)
HSL	hsl(247, 16%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(247, 13%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.6%, 13.2%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.72, 6.06, -12.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.72, 13.81, 296.00°)
OKLab	oklab(73.26% 0.0129 -0.0335)
OKLCH	oklch(73.26% 0.036 291)
XYZ	xyz(38.8959, 38.9526, 54.1746)
Luminance	0.3895 (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

#A8A5BE #BBBEA5

analogous

#A5AFBE #A8A5BE #B5A5BE

triadic

#A8A5BE #BEA8A5 #A5BEA8

tetradic

#A8A5BE #BEA5AF #BBBEA5 #A5BEB5

square

#A8A5BE #BEA5AF #BBBEA5 #A5BEB5

split-complementary

#A8A5BE #BEB5A5 #AFBEA5

monochromatic

#666287 #8681A4 #A8A5BE #CAC9D8 #EDECF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#A8A5BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.79

#A8A5BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A5BE

8.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A5BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A5BE	1.00	2.39	8.79	8.79
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0A8BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0A7BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A4A9AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a5be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 165, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.036 291.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2bfd1',
    500: '#a8a5be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a5be;
$custom-light: #c2bfd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a5be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 247.2,
    "s": 16.129,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73257,
    "c": 0.0359,
    "h": 291
  },
  "luminance": 0.38953
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A5BE

secondary

#E2E3DC

accent

#9A4B91

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F7F7F9

border

#D0D0D2

text

#121214

muted

#818182

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A5BE

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

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