#A8ABC2#A8ABC2

#A8ABC2 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.413; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.033 H 279.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8ABC2
RGB	rgb(168, 171, 194)
HSL	hsl(233, 18%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(233, 13%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.4%, 11.9%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.42, 3.60, -12.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.42, 12.60, 286.58°)
OKLab	oklab(74.63% 0.0056 -0.0326)
OKLCH	oklch(74.63% 0.033 279.7)
XYZ	xyz(40.4468, 41.3453, 56.8780)
Luminance	0.4135 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8ABC2 #C2BFA8

analogous

#A8B8C2 #A8ABC2 #B2A8C2

triadic

#A8ABC2 #C2A8AB #ABC2A8

tetradic

#A8ABC2 #C2A8B8 #C2BFA8 #A8C2B2

square

#A8ABC2 #C2A8B8 #C2BFA8 #A8C2B2

split-complementary

#A8ABC2 #C2B2A8 #B8C2A8

monochromatic

#63688D #8488A9 #A8ABC2 #CCCEDB #EDEEF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#A8ABC2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.27

#A8ABC2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8ABC2

9.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8ABC2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8ABC2	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)

#A5ADC3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4ABC1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A3AFB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8abc2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 171, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.033 279.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2c4d4',
    500: '#a8abc2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8abc2;
$custom-light: #c2c4d4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8abc2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 233.077,
    "s": 17.568,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74627,
    "c": 0.03311,
    "h": 279.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.41346
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8ABC2

secondary

#E6E6DF

accent

#924A9C

background

#FBFCFD

surface

#F7F8FA

border

#D0D1D3

text

#121214

muted

#818183

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8ABC2

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

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