#A8A8BC#A8A8BC

#A8A8BC is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.400; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.029 H 285.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A8BC
RGB	rgb(168, 168, 188)
HSL	hsl(240, 13%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(240, 11%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.6%, 10.6%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.44, 3.98, -10.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.44, 10.97, 291.27°)
OKLab	oklab(73.8% 0.0077 -0.0275)
OKLCH	oklch(73.8% 0.029 285.7)
XYZ	xyz(39.2263, 39.9607, 53.2138)
Luminance	0.3996 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A8BC #BCBCA8

analogous

#A8B2BC #A8A8BC #B2A8BC

triadic

#A8A8BC #BCA8A8 #A8BCA8

tetradic

#A8A8BC #BCA8B2 #BCBCA8 #A8BCB2

square

#A8A8BC #BCA8B2 #BCBCA8 #A8BCB2

split-complementary

#A8A8BC #BCB2A8 #B2BCA8

monochromatic

#666684 #8585A1 #A8A8BC #CBCBD7 #EDEDF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#A8A8BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.99

#A8A8BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A8BC

8.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A8BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A8BC	1.00	2.34	8.99	8.99
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4AABD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3A9BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A4ABAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a8bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 168, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.029 285.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2c1d0',
    500: '#a8a8bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a8bc;
$custom-light: #c2c1d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a8bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 12.987,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73802,
    "c": 0.0286,
    "h": 285.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39961
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A8BC

secondary

#E3E3DD

accent

#974E97

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F7F7F9

border

#D0D0D2

text

#121214

muted

#818182

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A8BC

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →