#A8AAC0#A8AAC0

#A8AAC0 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.032 H 281.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8AAC0
RGB	rgb(168, 170, 192)
HSL	hsl(235, 16%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(235, 13%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.5%, 11.5%, 0%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.09, 3.72, -11.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.09, 12.05, 287.98°)
OKLab	oklab(74.35% 0.0063 -0.0309)
OKLCH	oklch(74.35% 0.032 281.5)
XYZ	xyz(40.0356, 40.8797, 55.6403)
Luminance	0.4088 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8AAC0 #C0BEA8

analogous

#A8B6C0 #A8AAC0 #B2A8C0

triadic

#A8AAC0 #C0A8AA #AAC0A8

tetradic

#A8AAC0 #C0A8B6 #C0BEA8 #A8C0B2

square

#A8AAC0 #C0A8B6 #C0BEA8 #A8C0B2

split-complementary

#A8AAC0 #C0B2A8 #B6C0A8

monochromatic

#64678A #8587A6 #A8AAC0 #CBCDDA #EDEEF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#A8AAC0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.18

#A8AAC0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8AAC0

9.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8AAC0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8AAC0	1.00	2.29	9.18	9.18
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5ACC1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4ABBF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A3AEB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8aac0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 170, 192);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.032 281.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2c3d3',
    500: '#a8aac0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8aac0;
$custom-light: #c2c3d3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8aac0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 192
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 235,
    "s": 16,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74352,
    "c": 0.03157,
    "h": 281.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.4088
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8AAC0

secondary

#E5E5DF

accent

#944B9A

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F7F7F9

border

#D0D0D2

text

#121214

muted

#818182

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8AAC0

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

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