#A8ACBE#A8ACBE

#A8ACBE is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.415; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.026 H 275.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8ACBE
RGB	rgb(168, 172, 190)
HSL	hsl(229, 14%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(229, 12%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.6%, 9.5%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.56, 2.20, -9.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.56, 9.91, 282.85°)
OKLab	oklab(74.7% 0.0026 -0.026)
OKLCH	oklch(74.7% 0.026 275.8)
XYZ	xyz(40.1932, 41.5472, 54.6071)
Luminance	0.4155 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8ACBE #BEBAA8

analogous

#A8B7BE #A8ACBE #AFA8BE

triadic

#A8ACBE #BEA8AC #ACBEA8

tetradic

#A8ACBE #BEA8B7 #BEBAA8 #A8BEAF

square

#A8ACBE #BEA8B7 #BEBAA8 #A8BEAF

split-complementary

#A8ACBE #BEAFA8 #B7BEA8

monochromatic

#656B87 #858BA4 #A8ACBE #CBCDD8 #EDEEF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#A8ACBE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.31

#A8ACBE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8ACBE

9.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8ACBE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8ACBE	1.00	2.26	9.31	9.31
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7ADBF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6ACBE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A3AFB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8acbe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 172, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.026 275.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2c4d1',
    500: '#a8acbe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8acbe;
$custom-light: #c2c4d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8acbe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 229.091,
    "s": 14.474,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74696,
    "c": 0.02616,
    "h": 275.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.41548
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8ACBE

secondary

#E4E3DE

accent

#8B4D99

background

#FBFCFC

surface

#F7F8F9

border

#D0D1D2

text

#121214

muted

#818182

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8ACBE

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

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