#A8A5BF#A8A5BF

#A8A5BF is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.037 H 290.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A5BF
RGB	rgb(168, 165, 191)
HSL	hsl(247, 17%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(247, 14%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(12%, 13.6%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.75, 6.27, -12.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.75, 14.36, 295.87°)
OKLab	oklab(73.29% 0.0132 -0.0349)
OKLCH	oklch(73.29% 0.037 290.7)
XYZ	xyz(39.0056, 38.9964, 54.7522)
Luminance	0.3900 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A5BF #BCBFA5

analogous

#A5AFBF #A8A5BF #B5A5BF

triadic

#A8A5BF #BFA8A5 #A5BFA8

tetradic

#A8A5BF #BFA5AF #BCBFA5 #A5BFB5

square

#A8A5BF #BFA5AF #BCBFA5 #A5BFB5

split-complementary

#A8A5BF #BFB5A5 #AFBFA5

monochromatic

#666189 #8581A6 #A8A5BF #CBC9D8 #EDEDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#A8A5BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.80

#A8A5BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A5BF

8.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A5BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A5BF	1.00	2.39	8.80	8.80
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FA8C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FA7BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A4A9AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a5bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 165, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.037 290.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2bfd2',
    500: '#a8a5bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a5bf;
$custom-light: #c2bfd2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a5bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 246.923,
    "s": 16.883,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73292,
    "c": 0.03734,
    "h": 290.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38997
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A5BF

secondary

#E3E4DC

accent

#9B4A92

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F7F7F9

border

#D0D0D2

text

#121214

muted

#818182

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A5BF

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

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