#A8AACA#A8AACA

#A8AACA is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.413; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.046 H 282.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8AACA
RGB	rgb(168, 170, 202)
HSL	hsl(236, 24%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(236, 17%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.8%, 15.8%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.41, 5.88, -16.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.41, 17.51, 289.63°)
OKLab	oklab(74.71% 0.0099 -0.0448)
OKLCH	oklch(74.71% 0.046 282.4)
XYZ	xyz(41.1814, 41.3380, 61.6751)
Luminance	0.4134 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8AACA #CAC8A8

analogous

#A8BBCA #A8AACA #B7A8CA

triadic

#A8AACA #CAA8AA #AACAA8

tetradic

#A8AACA #CAA8BB #CAC8A8 #A8CAB7

square

#A8AACA #CAA8BB #CAC8A8 #A8CAB7

split-complementary

#A8AACA #CAB7A8 #BBCAA8

monochromatic

#5E619A #8285B3 #A8AACA #CECFE1 #ECECF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#A8AACA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.27

#A8AACA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8AACA

9.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8AACA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8AACA	1.00	2.27	9.27	9.27
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2ADCB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1ABC9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A1AFB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8aaca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 170, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.046 282.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2c3da',
    500: '#a8aaca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8aaca;
$custom-light: #c2c3da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8aaca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 236.471,
    "s": 24.286,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74708,
    "c": 0.04589,
    "h": 282.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.41339
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8AACA

secondary

#EAE9E1

accent

#9D43A3

background

#FBFBFD

surface

#F7F7FA

border

#D0D0D3

text

#121214

muted

#818183

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8AACA

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

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