#A8AEB8#A8AEB8

#A8AEB8 is a light, near-neutral blue. Relative luminance 0.421; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.016 H 260.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8AEB8
RGB	rgb(168, 174, 184)
HSL	hsl(218, 10%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(218, 9%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.7%, 5.4%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.91, -0.12, -5.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.91, 5.83, 268.78°)
OKLab	oklab(74.91% -0.0026 -0.0156)
OKLCH	oklch(74.91% 0.016 260.7)
XYZ	xyz(39.9344, 42.0573, 51.3521)
Luminance	0.4206 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8AEB8 #B8B2A8

analogous

#A8B6B8 #A8AEB8 #AAA8B8

triadic

#A8AEB8 #B8A8AE #AEB8A8

tetradic

#A8AEB8 #B8A8B6 #B8B2A8 #A8B8AA

square

#A8AEB8 #B8A8B6 #B8B2A8 #A8B8AA

split-complementary

#A8AEB8 #B8AAA8 #B6B8A8

monochromatic

#67707E #868F9D #A8AEB8 #CACDD4 #EBEDEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#A8AEB8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.41

#A8AEB8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8AEB8

9.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8AEB8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8AEB8	1.00	2.23	9.41	9.41
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABAEB9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9ADB8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A4B0B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8aeb8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 174, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.016 260.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1c6cd',
    500: '#a8aeb8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8aeb8;
$custom-light: #c1c6cd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8aeb8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 217.5,
    "s": 10.127,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74914,
    "c": 0.01585,
    "h": 260.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.42058
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8AEB8

secondary

#E0DEDC

accent

#7B5194

background

#FBFCFC

surface

#F7F8F9

border

#D0D1D2

text

#121313

muted

#818282

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8AEB8

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

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