#A8A8B8#A8A8B8

#A8A8B8 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.023 H 285.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A8B8
RGB	rgb(168, 168, 184)
HSL	hsl(240, 10%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(240, 9%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.7%, 8.7%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.32, 3.15, -8.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.32, 8.78, 291.05°)
OKLab	oklab(73.67% 0.0062 -0.022)
OKLCH	oklch(73.67% 0.023 285.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.8011, 39.7906, 50.9743)
Luminance	0.3979 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A8B8 #B8B8A8

analogous

#A8B0B8 #A8A8B8 #B0A8B8

triadic

#A8A8B8 #B8A8A8 #A8B8A8

tetradic

#A8A8B8 #B8A8B0 #B8B8A8 #A8B8B0

square

#A8A8B8 #B8A8B0 #B8B8A8 #A8B8B0

split-complementary

#A8A8B8 #B8B0A8 #B0B8A8

monochromatic

#67677E #86869D #A8A8B8 #CACAD4 #EBEBEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#A8A8B8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.96

#A8A8B8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A8B8

8.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A8B8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A8B8	1.00	2.34	8.96	8.96
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4AAB9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4A9B8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A5AAAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a8b8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 168, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.023 285.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1c1cd',
    500: '#a8a8b8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a8b8;
$custom-light: #c1c1cd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a8b8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 10.127,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73667,
    "c": 0.02286,
    "h": 285.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.39791
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A8B8

secondary

#E0E0DC

accent

#945194

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F7F7F9

border

#D0D0D2

text

#121213

muted

#818182

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A8B8

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

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