#A8AABC#A8AABC

#A8AABC is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.026 H 280.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8AABC
RGB	rgb(168, 170, 188)
HSL	hsl(234, 13%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(234, 11%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.6%, 9.6%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.97, 2.88, -9.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.97, 9.87, 286.98°)
OKLab	oklab(74.22% 0.0048 -0.0254)
OKLCH	oklch(74.22% 0.026 280.7)
XYZ	xyz(39.5984, 40.7048, 53.3378)
Luminance	0.4071 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8AABC #BCBAA8

analogous

#A8B4BC #A8AABC #B0A8BC

triadic

#A8AABC #BCA8AA #AABCA8

tetradic

#A8AABC #BCA8B4 #BCBAA8 #A8BCB0

square

#A8AABC #BCA8B4 #BCBAA8 #A8BCB0

split-complementary

#A8AABC #BCB0A8 #B4BCA8

monochromatic

#666984 #8588A1 #A8AABC #CBCCD7 #EDEEF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#A8AABC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.14

#A8AABC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8AABC

9.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8AABC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8AABC	1.00	2.30	9.14	9.14
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6ACBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5AABB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A4ADB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8aabc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 170, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.026 280.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2c3d0',
    500: '#a8aabc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8aabc;
$custom-light: #c2c3d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8aabc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 234,
    "s": 12.987,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74215,
    "c": 0.02585,
    "h": 280.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40705
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8AABC

secondary

#E3E2DD

accent

#904E97

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F7F7F9

border

#D0D0D2

text

#121214

muted

#818182

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8AABC

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

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