#A8AEBA#A8AEBA

#A8AEBA is a light, near-neutral blue. Relative luminance 0.421; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.018 H 264.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8AEBA
RGB	rgb(168, 174, 186)
HSL	hsl(220, 12%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(220, 10%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.7%, 6.5%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.97, 0.28, -6.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.97, 6.85, 272.38°)
OKLab	oklab(74.98% -0.0018 -0.0184)
OKLCH	oklch(74.98% 0.018 264.5)
XYZ	xyz(40.1456, 42.1417, 52.4640)
Luminance	0.4214 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8AEBA #BAB4A8

analogous

#A8B7BA #A8AEBA #ABA8BA

triadic

#A8AEBA #BAA8AE #AEBAA8

tetradic

#A8AEBA #BAA8B7 #BAB4A8 #A8BAAB

square

#A8AEBA #BAA8B7 #BAB4A8 #A8BAAB

split-complementary

#A8AEBA #BAABA8 #B7BAA8

monochromatic

#666F81 #868E9F #A8AEBA #CACED5 #ECEEF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#A8AEBA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.43

#A8AEBA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8AEBA

9.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8AEBA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8AEBA	1.00	2.23	9.43	9.43
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAAFBB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9ADBA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A4B0B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8aeba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 174, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.018 264.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1c6ce',
    500: '#a8aeba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8aeba;
$custom-light: #c1c6ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8aeba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 220,
    "s": 11.538,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74979,
    "c": 0.01848,
    "h": 264.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.42142
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8AEBA

secondary

#E1E0DC

accent

#7E5096

background

#FBFCFC

surface

#F7F8F9

border

#D0D1D2

text

#121313

muted

#818282

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8AEBA

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

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