#A8AAC4#A8AAC4

#A8AAC4 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.411; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.037 H 282.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8AAC4
RGB	rgb(168, 170, 196)
HSL	hsl(236, 19%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(236, 14%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.3%, 13.3%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.22, 4.57, -13.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.22, 14.24, 288.74°)
OKLab	oklab(74.49% 0.0077 -0.0365)
OKLCH	oklch(74.49% 0.037 282)
XYZ	xyz(40.4848, 41.0594, 58.0062)
Luminance	0.4106 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8AAC4 #C4C2A8

analogous

#A8B8C4 #A8AAC4 #B4A8C4

triadic

#A8AAC4 #C4A8AA #AAC4A8

tetradic

#A8AAC4 #C4A8B8 #C4C2A8 #A8C4B4

square

#A8AAC4 #C4A8B8 #C4C2A8 #A8C4B4

split-complementary

#A8AAC4 #C4B4A8 #B8C4A8

monochromatic

#626590 #8486AB #A8AAC4 #CCCEDD #EDEDF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#A8AAC4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.21

#A8AAC4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8AAC4

9.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8AAC4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8AAC4	1.00	2.28	9.21	9.21
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4ADC5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3ABC3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A2AEB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8aac4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 170, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.037 282.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2c3d5',
    500: '#a8aac4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8aac4;
$custom-light: #c2c3d5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8aac4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 235.714,
    "s": 19.178,
    "l": 71.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74492,
    "c": 0.0373,
    "h": 282
  },
  "luminance": 0.4106
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8AAC4

secondary

#E8E7E0

accent

#97489E

background

#FBFBFD

surface

#F7F7FA

border

#D0D0D3

text

#121214

muted

#818183

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8AAC4

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

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