#A8ACBC#A8ACBC

#A8ACBC is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.415; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.023 H 274.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8ACBC
RGB	rgb(168, 172, 188)
HSL	hsl(228, 13%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(228, 11%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.6%, 8.5%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.50, 1.79, -8.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.50, 8.83, 281.67°)
OKLab	oklab(74.63% 0.0019 -0.0233)
OKLCH	oklch(74.63% 0.023 274.6)
XYZ	xyz(39.9762, 41.4603, 53.4637)
Luminance	0.4146 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8ACBC #BCB8A8

analogous

#A8B6BC #A8ACBC #AEA8BC

triadic

#A8ACBC #BCA8AC #ACBCA8

tetradic

#A8ACBC #BCA8B6 #BCB8A8 #A8BCAE

square

#A8ACBC #BCA8B6 #BCB8A8 #A8BCAE

split-complementary

#A8ACBC #BCAEA8 #B6BCA8

monochromatic

#666C84 #858BA1 #A8ACBC #CBCDD7 #EDEEF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#A8ACBC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.29

#A8ACBC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8ACBC

9.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8ACBC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8ACBC	1.00	2.26	9.29	9.29
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8ADBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7ACBC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A4AFB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8acbc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 172, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.023 274.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2c4d0',
    500: '#a8acbc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8acbc;
$custom-light: #c2c4d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8acbc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 228,
    "s": 12.987,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74629,
    "c": 0.02335,
    "h": 274.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.41461
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8ACBC

secondary

#E3E2DD

accent

#894E97

background

#FBFCFC

surface

#F7F8F9

border

#D0D1D2

text

#121214

muted

#818182

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8ACBC

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

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