#A8AACE#A8AACE

#A8AACE is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.415; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.052 H 282.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8AACE
RGB	rgb(168, 170, 206)
HSL	hsl(237, 28%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(237, 18%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.4%, 17.5%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.55, 6.77, -18.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.55, 19.69, 290.11°)
OKLab	oklab(74.86% 0.0112 -0.0504)
OKLCH	oklch(74.86% 0.052 282.6)
XYZ	xyz(41.6611, 41.5299, 64.2017)
Luminance	0.4153 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8AACE #CECCA8

analogous

#A8BDCE #A8AACE #B9A8CE

triadic

#A8AACE #CEA8AA #AACEA8

tetradic

#A8AACE #CEA8BD #CECCA8 #A8CEB9

square

#A8AACE #CEA8BD #CECCA8 #A8CEB9

split-complementary

#A8AACE #CEB9A8 #BDCEA8

monochromatic

#5B5EA1 #8184B8 #A8AACE #CFD0E4 #EBECF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#A8AACE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.31

#A8AACE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8AACE

9.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8AACE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8AACE	1.00	2.26	9.31	9.31
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1AED0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FABCD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A0B0B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8aace;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 170, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.052 282.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2c3dd',
    500: '#a8aace',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8aace;
$custom-light: #c2c3dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8aace",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 236.842,
    "s": 27.941,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74857,
    "c": 0.05163,
    "h": 282.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.41531
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8AACE

secondary

#EAEAE1

accent

#A13FA7

background

#FBFBFD

surface

#F7F7FB

border

#D0D0D4

text

#121215

muted

#818183

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8AACE

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

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