#A8A8BD#A8A8BD

#A8A8BD is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.400; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.030 H 285.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A8BD
RGB	rgb(168, 168, 189)
HSL	hsl(240, 14%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(240, 11%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.1%, 11.1%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.47, 4.19, -10.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.47, 11.52, 291.33°)
OKLab	oklab(73.84% 0.0081 -0.0289)
OKLCH	oklch(73.84% 0.03 285.6)
XYZ	xyz(39.3345, 40.0039, 53.7835)
Luminance	0.4000 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A8BD #BDBDA8

analogous

#A8B3BD #A8A8BD #B3A8BD

triadic

#A8A8BD #BDA8A8 #A8BDA8

tetradic

#A8A8BD #BDA8B3 #BDBDA8 #A8BDB3

square

#A8A8BD #BDA8B3 #BDBDA8 #A8BDB3

split-complementary

#A8A8BD #BDB3A8 #B3BDA8

monochromatic

#656585 #8585A3 #A8A8BD #CBCBD7 #EEEEF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#A8A8BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.00

#A8A8BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A8BD

9.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A8BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A8BD	1.00	2.33	9.00	9.00
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3AABE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3A9BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A4ABAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a8bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 168, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.030 285.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2c1d0',
    500: '#a8a8bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a8bd;
$custom-light: #c2c1d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a8bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 13.725,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73837,
    "c": 0.03003,
    "h": 285.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.40004
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A8BD

secondary

#E3E3DD

accent

#984E98

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F7F7F9

border

#D0D0D2

text

#121214

muted

#818182

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A8BD

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

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