#A8A8B6#A8A8B6

#A8A8B6 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.020 H 285.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A8B6
RGB	rgb(168, 168, 182)
HSL	hsl(240, 9%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(240, 8%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.7%, 7.7%, 0%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.26, 2.75, -7.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.26, 7.68, 290.95°)
OKLab	oklab(73.6% 0.0055 -0.0192)
OKLCH	oklch(73.6% 0.02 285.9)
XYZ	xyz(38.5929, 39.7073, 49.8780)
Luminance	0.3971 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A8B6 #B6B6A8

analogous

#A8AFB6 #A8A8B6 #AFA8B6

triadic

#A8A8B6 #B6A8A8 #A8B6A8

tetradic

#A8A8B6 #B6A8AF #B6B6A8 #A8B6AF

square

#A8A8B6 #B6A8AF #B6B6A8 #A8B6AF

split-complementary

#A8A8B6 #B6AFA8 #AFB6A8

monochromatic

#68687C #87879A #A8A8B6 #C9C9D2 #EBEBEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#A8A8B6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.94

#A8A8B6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A8B6

8.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A8B6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A8B6	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)

#A5A9B7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5A9B6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A5AAAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a8b6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 168, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.020 285.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1c1cb',
    500: '#a8a8b6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a8b6;
$custom-light: #c1c1cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a8b6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 8.75,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73601,
    "c": 0.02,
    "h": 285.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39707
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A8B6

secondary

#DFDFDB

accent

#935393

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F7F7F8

border

#D0D0D1

text

#121213

muted

#818182

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A8B6

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

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