#A8AAC2#A8AAC2

#A8AAC2 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.410; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.034 H 281.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8AAC2
RGB	rgb(168, 170, 194)
HSL	hsl(235, 18%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(235, 13%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.4%, 12.4%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.15, 4.15, -12.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.15, 13.14, 288.39°)
OKLab	oklab(74.42% 0.007 -0.0337)
OKLCH	oklch(74.42% 0.034 281.7)
XYZ	xyz(40.2587, 40.9689, 56.8153)
Luminance	0.4097 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8AAC2 #C2C0A8

analogous

#A8B7C2 #A8AAC2 #B3A8C2

triadic

#A8AAC2 #C2A8AA #AAC2A8

tetradic

#A8AAC2 #C2A8B7 #C2C0A8 #A8C2B3

square

#A8AAC2 #C2A8B7 #C2C0A8 #A8C2B3

split-complementary

#A8AAC2 #C2B3A8 #B7C2A8

monochromatic

#63668D #8487A9 #A8AAC2 #CCCDDB #EDEDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#A8AAC2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.19

#A8AAC2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8AAC2

9.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8AAC2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8AAC2	1.00	2.28	9.19	9.19
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4ACC3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3ABC1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A3AEB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8aac2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 170, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.034 281.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2c3d4',
    500: '#a8aac2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8aac2;
$custom-light: #c2c3d4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8aac2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 235.385,
    "s": 17.568,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74422,
    "c": 0.03443,
    "h": 281.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40969
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8AAC2

secondary

#E6E6DF

accent

#964A9C

background

#FBFBFD

surface

#F7F7FA

border

#D0D0D3

text

#121214

muted

#818183

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8AAC2

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

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