#A8AEB7#A8AEB7

#A8AEB7 is a light, near-neutral blue. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.015 H 258.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8AEB7
RGB	rgb(168, 174, 183)
HSL	hsl(216, 9%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(216, 8%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.2%, 4.9%, 0%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.88, -0.33, -5.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.88, 5.33, 266.49°)
OKLab	oklab(74.88% -0.0029 -0.0143)
OKLCH	oklch(74.88% 0.015 258.4)
XYZ	xyz(39.8300, 42.0155, 50.8020)
Luminance	0.4202 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8AEB7 #B7B1A8

analogous

#A8B6B7 #A8AEB7 #AAA8B7

triadic

#A8AEB7 #B7A8AE #AEB7A8

tetradic

#A8AEB7 #B7A8B6 #B7B1A8 #A8B7AA

square

#A8AEB7 #B7A8B6 #B7B1A8 #A8B7AA

split-complementary

#A8AEB7 #B7AAA8 #B6B7A8

monochromatic

#68707D #878F9B #A8AEB7 #C9CDD3 #EBECEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#A8AEB7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.40

#A8AEB7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8AEB7

9.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8AEB7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8AEB7	1.00	2.23	9.40	9.40
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABAEB7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAADB7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A5B0B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8aeb7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 174, 183);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.015 258.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1c6cc',
    500: '#a8aeb7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8aeb7;
$custom-light: #c1c6cc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8aeb7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 183
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216,
    "s": 9.434,
    "l": 68.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74882,
    "c": 0.01457,
    "h": 258.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.42016
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8AEB7

secondary

#E0DEDB

accent

#795293

background

#FBFCFC

surface

#F7F8F8

border

#D0D1D1

text

#121313

muted

#818282

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8AEB7

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

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