#A8AABE#A8AABE

#A8AABE is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.029 H 281.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8AABE
RGB	rgb(168, 170, 190)
HSL	hsl(235, 14%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(235, 12%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.6%, 10.5%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.03, 3.30, -10.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.03, 10.96, 287.52°)
OKLab	oklab(74.28% 0.0056 -0.0282)
OKLCH	oklch(74.28% 0.029 281.1)
XYZ	xyz(39.8155, 40.7916, 54.4812)
Luminance	0.4079 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8AABE #BEBCA8

analogous

#A8B5BE #A8AABE #B1A8BE

triadic

#A8AABE #BEA8AA #AABEA8

tetradic

#A8AABE #BEA8B5 #BEBCA8 #A8BEB1

square

#A8AABE #BEA8B5 #BEBCA8 #A8BEB1

split-complementary

#A8AABE #BEB1A8 #B5BEA8

monochromatic

#656887 #8588A4 #A8AABE #CBCCD8 #EDEEF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#A8AABE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.16

#A8AABE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8AABE

9.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8AABE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8AABE	1.00	2.29	9.16	9.16
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5ACBF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4AABD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A3ADB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8aabe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 170, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.029 281.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2c3d1',
    500: '#a8aabe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8aabe;
$custom-light: #c2c3d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8aabe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 234.545,
    "s": 14.474,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74283,
    "c": 0.02871,
    "h": 281.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.40792
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8AABE

secondary

#E4E3DE

accent

#924D99

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F7F7F9

border

#D0D0D2

text

#121214

muted

#818182

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8AABE

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

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