#A8A8CD#A8A8CD

#A8A8CD is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.053 H 285.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A8CD
RGB	rgb(168, 168, 205)
HSL	hsl(240, 27%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(240, 18%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(18%, 18%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.99, 7.65, -18.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.99, 20.28, 292.17°)
OKLab	oklab(74.41% 0.0138 -0.0512)
OKLCH	oklch(74.41% 0.053 285)
XYZ	xyz(41.1680, 40.7373, 63.4399)
Luminance	0.4074 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A8CD #CDCDA8

analogous

#A8BACD #A8A8CD #BAA8CD

triadic

#A8A8CD #CDA8A8 #A8CDA8

tetradic

#A8A8CD #CDA8BA #CDCDA8 #A8CDBA

square

#A8A8CD #CDA8BA #CDCDA8 #A8CDBA

split-complementary

#A8A8CD #CDBAA8 #BACDA8

monochromatic

#5B5B9F #8181B7 #A8A8CD #CFCFE3 #ECECF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#A8A8CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.15

#A8A8CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A8CD

9.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A8CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A8CD	1.00	2.30	9.15	9.15
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FACCF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EAACC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A0AEB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a8cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 168, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.053 285.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2c1dc',
    500: '#a8a8cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a8cd;
$custom-light: #c2c1dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a8cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 27.007,
    "l": 73.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74414,
    "c": 0.05299,
    "h": 285
  },
  "luminance": 0.40738
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A8CD

secondary

#EAEAE1

accent

#A640A6

background

#FBFBFD

surface

#F7F7FB

border

#D0D0D4

text

#121215

muted

#818183

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A8CD

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

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