#A8A9BE#A8A9BE

#A8A9BE is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.030 H 283.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A9BE
RGB	rgb(168, 169, 190)
HSL	hsl(237, 14%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(237, 12%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.6%, 11.1%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.77, 3.85, -10.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.77, 11.51, 289.54°)
OKLab	oklab(74.08% 0.007 -0.0292)
OKLCH	oklch(74.08% 0.03 283.5)
XYZ	xyz(39.6287, 40.4181, 54.4189)
Luminance	0.4042 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A9BE #BEBDA8

analogous

#A8B4BE #A8A9BE #B2A8BE

triadic

#A8A9BE #BEA8A9 #A9BEA8

tetradic

#A8A9BE #BEA8B4 #BEBDA8 #A8BEB2

square

#A8A9BE #BEA8B4 #BEBDA8 #A8BEB2

split-complementary

#A8A9BE #BEB2A8 #B4BEA8

monochromatic

#656687 #8586A4 #A8A9BE #CBCCD8 #EDEEF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#A8A9BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.08

#A8A9BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A9BE

9.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A9BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A9BE	1.00	2.31	9.08	9.08
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4ABBF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3AABD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A4ACB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a9be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 169, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.030 283.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2c2d1',
    500: '#a8a9be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a9be;
$custom-light: #c2c2d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a9be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 237.273,
    "s": 14.474,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74077,
    "c": 0.03007,
    "h": 283.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40418
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A9BE

secondary

#E4E4DE

accent

#954D99

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F7F7F9

border

#D0D0D2

text

#121214

muted

#818182

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A9BE

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

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