#A8A9BC#A8A9BC

#A8A9BC is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.027 H 283.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A9BC
RGB	rgb(168, 169, 188)
HSL	hsl(237, 13%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(237, 11%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.6%, 10.1%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.70, 3.43, -9.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.70, 10.41, 289.24°)
OKLab	oklab(74.01% 0.0063 -0.0265)
OKLCH	oklch(74.01% 0.027 283.3)
XYZ	xyz(39.4116, 40.3313, 53.2756)
Luminance	0.4033 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A9BC #BCBBA8

analogous

#A8B3BC #A8A9BC #B1A8BC

triadic

#A8A9BC #BCA8A9 #A9BCA8

tetradic

#A8A9BC #BCA8B3 #BCBBA8 #A8BCB1

square

#A8A9BC #BCA8B3 #BCBBA8 #A8BCB1

split-complementary

#A8A9BC #BCB1A8 #B3BCA8

monochromatic

#666784 #8587A1 #A8A9BC #CBCBD7 #EDEDF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#A8A9BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.07

#A8A9BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A9BC

9.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A9BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A9BC	1.00	2.32	9.07	9.07
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5ABBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4AABB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A4ACAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a9bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 169, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.027 283.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2c2d0',
    500: '#a8a9bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a9bc;
$custom-light: #c2c2d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a9bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 237,
    "s": 12.987,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74008,
    "c": 0.0272,
    "h": 283.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40332
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A9BC

secondary

#E3E2DD

accent

#934E97

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F7F7F9

border

#D0D0D2

text

#121214

muted

#818182

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A9BC

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

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