#A8ABCD#A8ABCD

#A8ABCD is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.419; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.049 H 281.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8ABCD
RGB	rgb(168, 171, 205)
HSL	hsl(235, 27%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(235, 18%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(18%, 16.6%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.77, 5.99, -17.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.77, 18.59, 288.81°)
OKLab	oklab(75.02% 0.0095 -0.0479)
OKLCH	oklch(75.02% 0.049 281.2)
XYZ	xyz(41.7282, 41.8578, 63.6267)
Luminance	0.4186 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8ABCD #CDCAA8

analogous

#A8BDCD #A8ABCD #B7A8CD

triadic

#A8ABCD #CDA8AB #ABCDA8

tetradic

#A8ABCD #CDA8BD #CDCAA8 #A8CDB7

square

#A8ABCD #CDA8BD #CDCAA8 #A8CDB7

split-complementary

#A8ABCD #CDB7A8 #BDCDA8

monochromatic

#5B619F #8185B7 #A8ABCD #CFD1E3 #ECECF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#A8ABCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.37

#A8ABCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8ABCD

9.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8ABCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8ABCD	1.00	2.24	9.37	9.37
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2AECF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1ACCC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A0B1B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8abcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 171, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.049 281.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2c4dc',
    500: '#a8abcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8abcd;
$custom-light: #c2c4dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8abcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 235.135,
    "s": 27.007,
    "l": 73.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75023,
    "c": 0.04883,
    "h": 281.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.41858
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8ABCD

secondary

#EAEAE1

accent

#9D40A6

background

#FBFCFD

surface

#F7F8FB

border

#D0D1D4

text

#121215

muted

#818183

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8ABCD

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

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