#A8A8C2#A8A8C2

#A8A8C2 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.037 H 285.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A8C2
RGB	rgb(168, 168, 194)
HSL	hsl(240, 18%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(240, 13%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.4%, 13.4%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.63, 5.25, -13.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.63, 14.26, 291.59°)
OKLab	oklab(74.01% 0.0099 -0.0359)
OKLCH	oklch(74.01% 0.037 285.5)
XYZ	xyz(39.8866, 40.2248, 56.6913)
Luminance	0.4022 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A8C2 #C2C2A8

analogous

#A8B5C2 #A8A8C2 #B5A8C2

triadic

#A8A8C2 #C2A8A8 #A8C2A8

tetradic

#A8A8C2 #C2A8B5 #C2C2A8 #A8C2B5

square

#A8A8C2 #C2A8B5 #C2C2A8 #A8C2B5

split-complementary

#A8A8C2 #C2B5A8 #B5C2A8

monochromatic

#63638D #8484A9 #A8A8C2 #CCCCDB #EDEDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#A8A8C2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.05

#A8A8C2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A8C2

9.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A8C2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A8C2	1.00	2.32	9.05	9.05
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2ABC3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1A9C1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A3ACB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a8c2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 168, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.037 285.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2c1d4',
    500: '#a8a8c2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a8c2;
$custom-light: #c2c1d4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a8c2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 17.568,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74011,
    "c": 0.03722,
    "h": 285.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40225
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A8C2

secondary

#E6E6DF

accent

#9C4A9C

background

#FBFBFD

surface

#F7F7FA

border

#D0D0D3

text

#121214

muted

#818183

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A8C2

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

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