#A8AABB#A8AABB

#A8AABB is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.024 H 280.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8AABB
RGB	rgb(168, 170, 187)
HSL	hsl(234, 12%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(234, 10%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.2%, 9.1%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.94, 2.67, -8.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.94, 9.32, 286.67°)
OKLab	oklab(74.18% 0.0044 -0.024)
OKLCH	oklch(74.18% 0.024 280.4)
XYZ	xyz(39.4910, 40.6618, 52.7721)
Luminance	0.4066 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8AABB #BBB9A8

analogous

#A8B4BB #A8AABB #B0A8BB

triadic

#A8AABB #BBA8AA #AABBA8

tetradic

#A8AABB #BBA8B4 #BBB9A8 #A8BBB0

square

#A8AABB #BBA8B4 #BBB9A8 #A8BBB0

split-complementary

#A8AABB #BBB0A8 #B4BBA8

monochromatic

#666983 #8688A0 #A8AABB #CACCD6 #EDEDF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#A8AABB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.13

#A8AABB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8AABB

9.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8AABB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8AABB	1.00	2.30	9.13	9.13
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6ACBC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5AABB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A4ADAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8aabb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 170, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.024 280.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2c3cf',
    500: '#a8aabb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8aabb;
$custom-light: #c2c3cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8aabb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 233.684,
    "s": 12.258,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74181,
    "c": 0.02443,
    "h": 280.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.40662
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8AABB

secondary

#E2E2DD

accent

#8F4F96

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F7F7F9

border

#D0D0D2

text

#121213

muted

#818182

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8AABB

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

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