#A8AACC#A8AACC

#A8AACC is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.414; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.049 H 282.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8AACC
RGB	rgb(168, 170, 204)
HSL	hsl(237, 26%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(237, 18%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.6%, 16.7%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.48, 6.32, -17.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.48, 18.60, 289.87°)
OKLab	oklab(74.78% 0.0106 -0.0476)
OKLCH	oklch(74.78% 0.049 282.5)
XYZ	xyz(41.4197, 41.4333, 62.9303)
Luminance	0.4143 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8AACC #CCCAA8

analogous

#A8BCCC #A8AACC #B8A8CC

triadic

#A8AACC #CCA8AA #AACCA8

tetradic

#A8AACC #CCA8BC #CCCAA8 #A8CCB8

square

#A8AACC #CCA8BC #CCCAA8 #A8CCB8

split-complementary

#A8AACC #CCB8A8 #BCCCA8

monochromatic

#5C609D #8184B5 #A8AACC #CFD0E3 #ECECF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#A8AACC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.29

#A8AACC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8AACC

9.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8AACC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8AACC	1.00	2.26	9.29	9.29
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2AECE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0ABCB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A0B0B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8aacc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 170, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.049 282.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2c3db',
    500: '#a8aacc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8aacc;
$custom-light: #c2c3db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8aacc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 236.667,
    "s": 26.087,
    "l": 72.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74782,
    "c": 0.04876,
    "h": 282.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.41434
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8AACC

secondary

#EAEAE1

accent

#9F41A5

background

#FBFBFD

surface

#F7F7FB

border

#D0D0D4

text

#121215

muted

#818183

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8AACC

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

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