#A8A7BD#A8A7BD

#A8A7BD is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.031 H 287.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A7BD
RGB	rgb(168, 167, 189)
HSL	hsl(243, 14%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(243, 12%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.1%, 11.6%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.21, 4.74, -11.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.21, 12.09, 293.08°)
OKLab	oklab(73.63% 0.0096 -0.03)
OKLCH	oklch(73.63% 0.031 287.7)
XYZ	xyz(39.1506, 39.6361, 53.7222)
Luminance	0.3964 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A7BD #BCBDA7

analogous

#A7B1BD #A8A7BD #B3A7BD

triadic

#A8A7BD #BDA8A7 #A7BDA8

tetradic

#A8A7BD #BDA7B1 #BCBDA7 #A7BDB3

square

#A8A7BD #BDA7B1 #BCBDA7 #A7BDB3

split-complementary

#A8A7BD #BDB3A7 #B1BDA7

monochromatic

#666485 #8584A3 #A8A7BD #CBCAD7 #EDEDF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#A8A7BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.93

#A8A7BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A7BD

8.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A7BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A7BD	1.00	2.35	8.93	8.93
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2A9BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2A8BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A4AAAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a7bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 167, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.031 287.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2c1d0',
    500: '#a8a7bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a7bd;
$custom-light: #c2c1d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a7bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 242.727,
    "s": 14.286,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73631,
    "c": 0.03148,
    "h": 287.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39636
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A7BD

secondary

#E3E3DD

accent

#984D95

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F7F7F9

border

#D0D0D2

text

#121214

muted

#818182

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A7BD

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

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