#A8A8BA#A8A8BA

#A8A8BA is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.026 H 285.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A8BA
RGB	rgb(168, 168, 186)
HSL	hsl(240, 12%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(240, 10%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.7%, 9.7%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.38, 3.57, -9.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.38, 9.88, 291.16°)
OKLab	oklab(73.73% 0.007 -0.0248)
OKLCH	oklch(73.73% 0.026 285.7)
XYZ	xyz(39.0122, 39.8750, 52.0862)
Luminance	0.3987 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A8BA #BABAA8

analogous

#A8B1BA #A8A8BA #B1A8BA

triadic

#A8A8BA #BAA8A8 #A8BAA8

tetradic

#A8A8BA #BAA8B1 #BABAA8 #A8BAB1

square

#A8A8BA #BAA8B1 #BABAA8 #A8BAB1

split-complementary

#A8A8BA #BAB1A8 #B1BAA8

monochromatic

#666681 #86869F #A8A8BA #CACAD5 #ECECF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#A8A8BA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.98

#A8A8BA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A8BA

8.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A8BA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A8BA	1.00	2.34	8.98	8.98
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4AABB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4A9B9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A5ABAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a8ba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 168, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.026 285.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1c1ce',
    500: '#a8a8ba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a8ba;
$custom-light: #c1c1ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a8ba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 11.538,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73734,
    "c": 0.02573,
    "h": 285.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39875
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A8BA

secondary

#E1E1DC

accent

#965096

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F7F7F9

border

#D0D0D2

text

#121213

muted

#818182

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A8BA

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

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