#A8ACBA#A8ACBA

#A8ACBA is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.414; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.021 H 273.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8ACBA
RGB	rgb(168, 172, 186)
HSL	hsl(227, 12%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(227, 10%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.7%, 7.5%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.44, 1.37, -7.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.44, 7.76, 280.20°)
OKLab	oklab(74.56% 0.0011 -0.0205)
OKLCH	oklch(74.56% 0.021 273.2)
XYZ	xyz(39.7621, 41.3747, 52.3362)
Luminance	0.4138 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8ACBA #BAB6A8

analogous

#A8B5BA #A8ACBA #ADA8BA

triadic

#A8ACBA #BAA8AC #ACBAA8

tetradic

#A8ACBA #BAA8B5 #BAB6A8 #A8BAAD

square

#A8ACBA #BAA8B5 #BAB6A8 #A8BAAD

split-complementary

#A8ACBA #BAADA8 #B5BAA8

monochromatic

#666C81 #868B9F #A8ACBA #CACDD5 #ECEDF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#A8ACBA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.27

#A8ACBA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8ACBA

9.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8ACBA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8ACBA	1.00	2.26	9.27	9.27
#FFFFFF	2.26	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)

#A8ADBB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7ACBA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A4AEB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8acba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 172, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.021 273.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1c4ce',
    500: '#a8acba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8acba;
$custom-light: #c1c4ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8acba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 226.667,
    "s": 11.538,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74563,
    "c": 0.02054,
    "h": 273.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.41375
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8ACBA

secondary

#E1E0DC

accent

#865096

background

#FBFCFC

surface

#F7F8F9

border

#D0D1D2

text

#121213

muted

#818182

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8ACBA

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

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