#A8A8BF#A8A8BF

#A8A8BF is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.033 H 285.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A8BF
RGB	rgb(168, 168, 191)
HSL	hsl(240, 15%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(240, 12%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(12%, 12%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.53, 4.61, -11.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.53, 12.62, 291.43°)
OKLab	oklab(73.91% 0.0088 -0.0317)
OKLCH	oklch(73.91% 0.033 285.6)
XYZ	xyz(39.5531, 40.0914, 54.9347)
Luminance	0.4009 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A8BF #BFBFA8

analogous

#A8B3BF #A8A8BF #B3A8BF

triadic

#A8A8BF #BFA8A8 #A8BFA8

tetradic

#A8A8BF #BFA8B3 #BFBFA8 #A8BFB3

square

#A8A8BF #BFA8B3 #BFBFA8 #A8BFB3

split-complementary

#A8A8BF #BFB3A8 #B3BFA8

monochromatic

#646488 #8585A5 #A8A8BF #CBCBD9 #EDEDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#A8A8BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.02

#A8A8BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A8BF

9.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A8BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A8BF	1.00	2.33	9.02	9.02
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3AAC0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2A9BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A3ACAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a8bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 168, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.033 285.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2c1d2',
    500: '#a8a8bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a8bf;
$custom-light: #c2c1d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a8bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 15.232,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73906,
    "c": 0.03291,
    "h": 285.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.40092
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A8BF

secondary

#E5E5DE

accent

#994C99

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F7F7F9

border

#D0D0D2

text

#121214

muted

#818182

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A8BF

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

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