#A8ADBB#A8ADBB

#A8ADBB is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.418; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.021 H 270.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8ADBB
RGB	rgb(168, 173, 187)
HSL	hsl(224, 12%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(224, 10%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.2%, 7.5%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.73, 1.03, -7.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.73, 7.82, 277.60°)
OKLab	oklab(74.8% 0.0001 -0.0208)
OKLCH	oklch(74.8% 0.021 270.1)
XYZ	xyz(40.0598, 41.7994, 52.9617)
Luminance	0.4180 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8ADBB #BBB6A8

analogous

#A8B7BB #A8ADBB #ADA8BB

triadic

#A8ADBB #BBA8AD #ADBBA8

tetradic

#A8ADBB #BBA8B7 #BBB6A8 #A8BBAD

square

#A8ADBB #BBA8B7 #BBB6A8 #A8BBAD

split-complementary

#A8ADBB #BBADA8 #B7BBA8

monochromatic

#666E83 #868DA0 #A8ADBB #CACDD6 #EDEEF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#A8ADBB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.36

#A8ADBB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8ADBB

9.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8ADBB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8ADBB	1.00	2.24	9.36	9.36
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9AEBC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8ACBB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A4B0B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8adbb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 173, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.021 270.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1c5cf',
    500: '#a8adbb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8adbb;
$custom-light: #c1c5cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8adbb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 224.211,
    "s": 12.258,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74804,
    "c": 0.02083,
    "h": 270.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.418
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8ADBB

secondary

#E2E1DD

accent

#844F96

background

#FBFCFC

surface

#F7F8F9

border

#D0D1D2

text

#121213

muted

#818182

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8ADBB

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

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