#A8AEB9#A8AEB9

#A8AEB9 is a light, near-neutral blue. Relative luminance 0.421; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.017 H 262.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8AEB9
RGB	rgb(168, 174, 185)
HSL	hsl(219, 11%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(219, 9%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.2%, 5.9%, 0%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.94, 0.08, -6.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.94, 6.34, 270.72°)
OKLab	oklab(74.95% -0.0022 -0.017)
OKLCH	oklch(74.95% 0.017 262.7)
XYZ	xyz(40.0396, 42.0993, 51.9061)
Luminance	0.4210 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8AEB9 #B9B3A8

analogous

#A8B7B9 #A8AEB9 #ABA8B9

triadic

#A8AEB9 #B9A8AE #AEB9A8

tetradic

#A8AEB9 #B9A8B7 #B9B3A8 #A8B9AB

square

#A8AEB9 #B9A8B7 #B9B3A8 #A8B9AB

split-complementary

#A8AEB9 #B9ABA8 #B7B9A8

monochromatic

#677080 #868E9E #A8AEB9 #CACED4 #ECEDF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#A8AEB9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.42

#A8AEB9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8AEB9

9.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8AEB9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8AEB9	1.00	2.23	9.42	9.42
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABAEBA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9ADB9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A4B0B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8aeb9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 174, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.017 262.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1c6ce',
    500: '#a8aeb9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8aeb9;
$custom-light: #c1c6ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8aeb9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 218.824,
    "s": 10.828,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74947,
    "c": 0.01716,
    "h": 262.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.421
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8AEB9

secondary

#E1DFDC

accent

#7D5195

background

#FBFCFC

surface

#F7F8F9

border

#D0D1D2

text

#121313

muted

#818282

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8AEB9

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

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