#A8A7BF#A8A7BF

#A8A7BF is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.034 H 287.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A7BF
RGB	rgb(168, 167, 191)
HSL	hsl(243, 16%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(243, 13%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(12%, 12.6%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.27, 5.16, -12.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.27, 13.19, 293.04°)
OKLab	oklab(73.7% 0.0103 -0.0328)
OKLCH	oklch(73.7% 0.034 287.4)
XYZ	xyz(39.3692, 39.7236, 54.8734)
Luminance	0.3972 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A7BF #BEBFA7

analogous

#A7B2BF #A8A7BF #B4A7BF

triadic

#A8A7BF #BFA8A7 #A7BFA8

tetradic

#A8A7BF #BFA7B2 #BEBFA7 #A7BFB4

square

#A8A7BF #BFA7B2 #BEBFA7 #A7BFB4

split-complementary

#A8A7BF #BFB4A7 #B2BFA7

monochromatic

#656388 #8584A5 #A8A7BF #CBCAD9 #EDEDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#A8A7BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.94

#A8A7BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A7BF

8.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A7BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A7BF	1.00	2.35	8.94	8.94
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2AAC0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1A9BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A4ABAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a7bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 167, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.034 287.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2c1d2',
    500: '#a8a7bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a7bf;
$custom-light: #c2c1d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a7bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 242.5,
    "s": 15.789,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73701,
    "c": 0.03435,
    "h": 287.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39724
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A7BF

secondary

#E4E4DE

accent

#9A4B97

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F7F7F9

border

#D0D0D2

text

#121214

muted

#818182

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A7BF

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

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