#A8A8CB#A8A8CB

#A8A8CB is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.050 H 285.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A8CB
RGB	rgb(168, 168, 203)
HSL	hsl(240, 25%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(240, 17%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.2%, 17.2%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.92, 7.21, -17.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.92, 19.19, 292.07°)
OKLab	oklab(74.34% 0.0131 -0.0484)
OKLCH	oklch(74.34% 0.05 285.1)
XYZ	xyz(40.9281, 40.6414, 62.1766)
Luminance	0.4064 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A8CB #CBCBA8

analogous

#A8B9CB #A8A8CB #B9A8CB

triadic

#A8A8CB #CBA8A8 #A8CBA8

tetradic

#A8A8CB #CBA8B9 #CBCBA8 #A8CBB9

square

#A8A8CB #CBA8B9 #CBCBA8 #A8CBB9

split-complementary

#A8A8CB #CBB9A8 #B9CBA8

monochromatic

#5D5D9C #8282B4 #A8A8CB #CECEE2 #ECECF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#A8A8CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.13

#A8A8CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A8CB

9.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A8CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A8CB	1.00	2.30	9.13	9.13
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0ACCD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FAACA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A1AEB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a8cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 168, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.050 285.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2c1da',
    500: '#a8a8cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a8cb;
$custom-light: #c2c1da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a8cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 25.18,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74339,
    "c": 0.05013,
    "h": 285.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.40642
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A8CB

secondary

#EAEAE1

accent

#A442A4

background

#FBFBFD

surface

#F7F7FA

border

#D0D0D3

text

#121215

muted

#818183

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A8CB

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

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