#A8A7BC#A8A7BC

#A8A7BC is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.030 H 287.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A7BC
RGB	rgb(168, 167, 188)
HSL	hsl(243, 14%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(243, 11%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.6%, 11.2%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.18, 4.53, -10.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.18, 11.54, 293.11°)
OKLab	oklab(73.6% 0.0092 -0.0286)
OKLCH	oklch(73.6% 0.03 287.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.0424, 39.5929, 53.1525)
Luminance	0.3959 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A7BC #BBBCA7

analogous

#A7B1BC #A8A7BC #B3A7BC

triadic

#A8A7BC #BCA8A7 #A7BCA8

tetradic

#A8A7BC #BCA7B1 #BBBCA7 #A7BCB3

square

#A8A7BC #BCA7B1 #BBBCA7 #A7BCB3

split-complementary

#A8A7BC #BCB3A7 #B1BCA7

monochromatic

#666584 #8684A2 #A8A7BC #CACAD6 #EDECF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#A8A7BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.92

#A8A7BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A7BC

8.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A7BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A7BC	1.00	2.35	8.92	8.92
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2A9BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2A8BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A4AAAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a7bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 167, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.030 287.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2c1d0',
    500: '#a8a7bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a7bc;
$custom-light: #c2c1d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a7bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 242.857,
    "s": 13.548,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73597,
    "c": 0.03004,
    "h": 287.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.39593
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A7BC

secondary

#E2E2DC

accent

#984E94

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F7F7F9

border

#D0D0D2

text

#121214

muted

#818182

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A7BC

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

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