#A8A9CD#A8A9CD

#A8A9CD is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.411; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.052 H 283.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A9CD
RGB	rgb(168, 169, 205)
HSL	hsl(238, 27%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(238, 18%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(18%, 17.6%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.25, 7.10, -18.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.25, 19.71, 291.11°)
OKLab	oklab(74.62% 0.0123 -0.0501)
OKLCH	oklch(74.62% 0.052 283.8)
XYZ	xyz(41.3533, 41.1080, 63.5017)
Luminance	0.4111 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A9CD #CDCCA8

analogous

#A8BBCD #A8A9CD #B9A8CD

triadic

#A8A9CD #CDA8A9 #A9CDA8

tetradic

#A8A9CD #CDA8BB #CDCCA8 #A8CDB9

square

#A8A9CD #CDA8BB #CDCCA8 #A8CDB9

split-complementary

#A8A9CD #CDB9A8 #BBCDA8

monochromatic

#5B5D9F #8183B7 #A8A9CD #CFCFE3 #ECECF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#A8A9CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.22

#A8A9CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A9CD

9.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A9CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A9CD	1.00	2.28	9.22	9.22
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0ADCF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FABCC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A0AFB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a9cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 169, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.052 283.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2c2dc',
    500: '#a8a9cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a9cd;
$custom-light: #c2c2dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a9cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 238.378,
    "s": 27.007,
    "l": 73.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74616,
    "c": 0.05158,
    "h": 283.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.41109
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A9CD

secondary

#EAEAE1

accent

#A340A6

background

#FBFBFD

surface

#F7F7FB

border

#D0D0D4

text

#121215

muted

#818183

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A9CD

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

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