#A8A8BE#A8A8BE

#A8A8BE is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.400; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.031 H 285.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A8BE
RGB	rgb(168, 168, 190)
HSL	hsl(240, 14%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(240, 12%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.6%, 11.6%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.50, 4.40, -11.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.50, 12.07, 291.38°)
OKLab	oklab(73.87% 0.0085 -0.0303)
OKLCH	oklch(73.87% 0.031 285.6)
XYZ	xyz(39.4434, 40.0475, 54.3571)
Luminance	0.4005 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A8BE #BEBEA8

analogous

#A8B3BE #A8A8BE #B3A8BE

triadic

#A8A8BE #BEA8A8 #A8BEA8

tetradic

#A8A8BE #BEA8B3 #BEBEA8 #A8BEB3

square

#A8A8BE #BEA8B3 #BEBEA8 #A8BEB3

split-complementary

#A8A8BE #BEB3A8 #B3BEA8

monochromatic

#656587 #8585A4 #A8A8BE #CBCBD8 #EDEDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#A8A8BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.01

#A8A8BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A8BE

9.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A8BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A8BE	1.00	2.33	9.01	9.01
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3AABF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2A9BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A4ABAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a8be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 168, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.031 285.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2c1d1',
    500: '#a8a8be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a8be;
$custom-light: #c2c1d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a8be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 14.474,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73871,
    "c": 0.03147,
    "h": 285.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.40048
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A8BE

secondary

#E4E4DE

accent

#994D99

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F7F7F9

border

#D0D0D2

text

#121214

muted

#818182

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A8BE

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

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