#A8A9BB#A8A9BB

#A8A9BB is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.026 H 283.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A9BB
RGB	rgb(168, 169, 187)
HSL	hsl(237, 12%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(237, 10%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.2%, 9.6%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.67, 3.22, -9.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.67, 9.87, 289.07°)
OKLab	oklab(73.97% 0.0059 -0.0251)
OKLCH	oklch(73.97% 0.026 283.2)
XYZ	xyz(39.3042, 40.2883, 52.7098)
Luminance	0.4029 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A9BB #BBBAA8

analogous

#A8B3BB #A8A9BB #B1A8BB

triadic

#A8A9BB #BBA8A9 #A9BBA8

tetradic

#A8A9BB #BBA8B3 #BBBAA8 #A8BBB1

square

#A8A9BB #BBA8B3 #BBBAA8 #A8BBB1

split-complementary

#A8A9BB #BBB1A8 #B3BBA8

monochromatic

#666883 #8687A0 #A8A9BB #CACBD6 #EDEDF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#A8A9BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.06

#A8A9BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A9BB

9.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A9BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A9BB	1.00	2.32	9.06	9.06
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5ABBC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4AABA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A4ACAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a9bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 169, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.026 283.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2c2cf',
    500: '#a8a9bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a9bb;
$custom-light: #c2c2cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a9bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 236.842,
    "s": 12.258,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73974,
    "c": 0.02576,
    "h": 283.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40289
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A9BB

secondary

#E2E2DD

accent

#934F96

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F7F7F9

border

#D0D0D2

text

#121213

muted

#818182

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A9BB

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

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