#A8A8BB#A8A8BB

#A8A8BB is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.027 H 285.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A8BB
RGB	rgb(168, 168, 187)
HSL	hsl(240, 12%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(240, 10%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.2%, 10.2%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.41, 3.77, -9.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.41, 10.42, 291.22°)
OKLab	oklab(73.77% 0.0074 -0.0261)
OKLCH	oklch(73.77% 0.027 285.7)
XYZ	xyz(39.1189, 39.9177, 52.6480)
Luminance	0.3992 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A8BB #BBBBA8

analogous

#A8B2BB #A8A8BB #B2A8BB

triadic

#A8A8BB #BBA8A8 #A8BBA8

tetradic

#A8A8BB #BBA8B2 #BBBBA8 #A8BBB2

square

#A8A8BB #BBA8B2 #BBBBA8 #A8BBB2

split-complementary

#A8A8BB #BBB2A8 #B2BBA8

monochromatic

#666683 #8686A0 #A8A8BB #CACAD6 #EDEDF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#A8A8BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.98

#A8A8BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A8BB

8.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A8BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A8BB	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)

#A4AABC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3A9BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A4ABAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a8bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 168, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.027 285.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2c1cf',
    500: '#a8a8bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a8bb;
$custom-light: #c2c1cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a8bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 12.258,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73768,
    "c": 0.02717,
    "h": 285.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39918
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A8BB

secondary

#E2E2DD

accent

#964F96

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F7F7F9

border

#D0D0D2

text

#121213

muted

#818182

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A8BB

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

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