#A8AABA#A8AABA

#A8AABA is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.023 H 280.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8AABA
RGB	rgb(168, 170, 186)
HSL	hsl(233, 12%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(233, 10%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.7%, 8.6%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.91, 2.47, -8.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.91, 8.78, 286.33°)
OKLab	oklab(74.15% 0.0041 -0.0226)
OKLCH	oklch(74.15% 0.023 280.1)
XYZ	xyz(39.3843, 40.6192, 52.2102)
Luminance	0.4062 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8AABA #BAB8A8

analogous

#A8B3BA #A8AABA #AFA8BA

triadic

#A8AABA #BAA8AA #AABAA8

tetradic

#A8AABA #BAA8B3 #BAB8A8 #A8BAAF

square

#A8AABA #BAA8B3 #BAB8A8 #A8BAAF

split-complementary

#A8AABA #BAAFA8 #B3BAA8

monochromatic

#666981 #86899F #A8AABA #CACBD5 #ECEDF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#A8AABA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.12

#A8AABA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8AABA

9.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8AABA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8AABA	1.00	2.30	9.12	9.12
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6ABBB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5AABA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A4ADAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8aaba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 170, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.023 280.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1c3ce',
    500: '#a8aaba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8aaba;
$custom-light: #c1c3ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8aaba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 233.333,
    "s": 11.538,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74148,
    "c": 0.023,
    "h": 280.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.40619
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8AABA

secondary

#E1E1DC

accent

#8E5096

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F7F7F9

border

#D0D0D2

text

#121213

muted

#818182

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8AABA

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

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