#A8AEB6#A8AEB6

#A8AEB6 is a light, near-neutral cyan. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.013 H 255.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8AEB6
RGB	rgb(168, 174, 182)
HSL	hsl(214, 9%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(214, 8%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.7%, 4.4%, 0%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.85, -0.53, -4.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.85, 4.85, 263.74°)
OKLab	oklab(74.85% -0.0033 -0.0129)
OKLCH	oklch(74.85% 0.013 255.5)
XYZ	xyz(39.7263, 41.9740, 50.2558)
Luminance	0.4197 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8AEB6 #B6B0A8

analogous

#A8B5B6 #A8AEB6 #A9A8B6

triadic

#A8AEB6 #B6A8AE #AEB6A8

tetradic

#A8AEB6 #B6A8B5 #B6B0A8 #A8B6A9

square

#A8AEB6 #B6A8B5 #B6B0A8 #A8B6A9

split-complementary

#A8AEB6 #B6A9A8 #B5B6A8

monochromatic

#68707C #878F9A #A8AEB6 #C9CDD2 #EBECEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#A8AEB6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.39

#A8AEB6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8AEB6

9.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8AEB6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8AEB6	1.00	2.24	9.39	9.39
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABAEB6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAADB6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A5B0B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8aeb6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 174, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.013 255.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1c6cb',
    500: '#a8aeb6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8aeb6;
$custom-light: #c1c6cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8aeb6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.286,
    "s": 8.75,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7485,
    "c": 0.01332,
    "h": 255.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.41974
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8AEB6

secondary

#DFDDDB

accent

#775393

background

#FBFCFC

surface

#F7F8F8

border

#D0D1D1

text

#121313

muted

#818282

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8AEB6

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

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