#A8AEBB#A8AEBB

#A8AEBB is a light, near-neutral blue. Relative luminance 0.422; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.020 H 265.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8AEBB
RGB	rgb(168, 174, 187)
HSL	hsl(221, 12%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(221, 10%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.2%, 7%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.00, 0.49, -7.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.00, 7.37, 273.81°)
OKLab	oklab(75.01% -0.0014 -0.0198)
OKLCH	oklch(75.01% 0.02 265.9)
XYZ	xyz(40.2522, 42.1844, 53.0258)
Luminance	0.4219 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8AEBB #BBB5A8

analogous

#A8B8BB #A8AEBB #ACA8BB

triadic

#A8AEBB #BBA8AE #AEBBA8

tetradic

#A8AEBB #BBA8B8 #BBB5A8 #A8BBAC

square

#A8AEBB #BBA8B8 #BBB5A8 #A8BBAC

split-complementary

#A8AEBB #BBACA8 #B8BBA8

monochromatic

#666F83 #868EA0 #A8AEBB #CACED6 #EDEEF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#A8AEBB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.44

#A8AEBB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8AEBB

9.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8AEBB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8AEBB	1.00	2.23	9.44	9.44
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAAFBC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9ADBB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A4B0B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8aebb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 174, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.020 265.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1c6cf',
    500: '#a8aebb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8aebb;
$custom-light: #c1c6cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8aebb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 221.053,
    "s": 12.258,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75012,
    "c": 0.01981,
    "h": 265.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.42185
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8AEBB

secondary

#E2E0DD

accent

#804F96

background

#FBFCFC

surface

#F7F8F9

border

#D0D1D2

text

#121313

muted

#818282

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8AEBB

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

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