#A8A7CB#A8A7CB

#A8A7CB is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.052 H 286.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A7CB
RGB	rgb(168, 167, 203)
HSL	hsl(242, 26%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(242, 18%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.2%, 17.7%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.66, 7.76, -18.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.66, 19.76, 293.13°)
OKLab	oklab(74.14% 0.0145 -0.0495)
OKLCH	oklch(74.14% 0.052 286.3)
XYZ	xyz(40.7442, 40.2736, 62.1153)
Luminance	0.4027 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A7CB #CACBA7

analogous

#A7B8CB #A8A7CB #BAA7CB

triadic

#A8A7CB #CBA8A7 #A7CBA8

tetradic

#A8A7CB #CBA7B8 #CACBA7 #A7CBBA

square

#A8A7CB #CBA7B8 #CACBA7 #A7CBBA

split-complementary

#A8A7CB #CBBAA7 #B8CBA7

monochromatic

#5E5C9C #8281B4 #A8A7CB #CECDE2 #ECECF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#A8A7CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.05

#A8A7CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A7CB

9.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A7CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A7CB	1.00	2.32	9.05	9.05
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EABCD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EA9CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A1ADB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a7cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 167, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.052 286.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2c1da',
    500: '#a8a7cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a7cb;
$custom-light: #c2c1da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a7cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 241.667,
    "s": 25.714,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74136,
    "c": 0.05157,
    "h": 286.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40274
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A7CB

secondary

#EAEAE1

accent

#A441A2

background

#FBFBFD

surface

#F7F7FA

border

#D0D0D3

text

#121215

muted

#818183

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A7CB

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

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