#A8AAC8#A8AAC8

#A8AAC8 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.412; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.043 H 282.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8AAC8
RGB	rgb(168, 170, 200)
HSL	hsl(236, 23%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(236, 16%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(16%, 15%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.35, 5.44, -15.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.35, 16.42, 289.36°)
OKLab	oklab(74.64% 0.0092 -0.042)
OKLCH	oklch(74.64% 0.043 282.3)
XYZ	xyz(40.9461, 41.2439, 60.4360)
Luminance	0.4124 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8AAC8 #C8C6A8

analogous

#A8BAC8 #A8AAC8 #B6A8C8

triadic

#A8AAC8 #C8A8AA #AAC8A8

tetradic

#A8AAC8 #C8A8BA #C8C6A8 #A8C8B6

square

#A8AAC8 #C8A8BA #C8C6A8 #A8C8B6

split-complementary

#A8AAC8 #C8B6A8 #BAC8A8

monochromatic

#5F6396 #8385B0 #A8AAC8 #CDCFE0 #ECEDF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#A8AAC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.25

#A8AAC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8AAC8

9.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8AAC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8AAC8	1.00	2.27	9.25	9.25
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3ADC9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1ABC7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A1AFB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8aac8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 170, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.043 282.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2c3d8',
    500: '#a8aac8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8aac8;
$custom-light: #c2c3d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8aac8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 236.25,
    "s": 22.535,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74636,
    "c": 0.04303,
    "h": 282.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.41244
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8AAC8

secondary

#EAE9E1

accent

#9B45A1

background

#FBFBFD

surface

#F7F7FA

border

#D0D0D3

text

#121214

muted

#818183

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8AAC8

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

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