#A8ACBB#A8ACBB

#A8ACBB is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.414; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.022 H 273.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8ACBB
RGB	rgb(168, 172, 187)
HSL	hsl(227, 12%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(227, 10%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.2%, 8%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.47, 1.58, -8.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.47, 8.30, 280.98°)
OKLab	oklab(74.6% 0.0015 -0.0219)
OKLCH	oklch(74.6% 0.022 273.9)
XYZ	xyz(39.8687, 41.4174, 52.8980)
Luminance	0.4142 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8ACBB #BBB7A8

analogous

#A8B6BB #A8ACBB #AEA8BB

triadic

#A8ACBB #BBA8AC #ACBBA8

tetradic

#A8ACBB #BBA8B6 #BBB7A8 #A8BBAE

square

#A8ACBB #BBA8B6 #BBB7A8 #A8BBAE

split-complementary

#A8ACBB #BBAEA8 #B6BBA8

monochromatic

#666C83 #868BA0 #A8ACBB #CACDD6 #EDEEF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#A8ACBB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.28

#A8ACBB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8ACBB

9.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8ACBB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8ACBB	1.00	2.26	9.28	9.28
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8ADBC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7ACBB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A4AFB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8acbb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 172, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.022 273.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1c4cf',
    500: '#a8acbb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8acbb;
$custom-light: #c1c4cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8acbb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 227.368,
    "s": 12.258,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74596,
    "c": 0.02194,
    "h": 273.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.41418
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8ACBB

secondary

#E2E1DD

accent

#874F96

background

#FBFCFC

surface

#F7F8F9

border

#D0D1D2

text

#121213

muted

#818182

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8ACBB

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

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