#A8AEBC#A8AEBC

#A8AEBC is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.422; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.021 H 267.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8AEBC
RGB	rgb(168, 174, 188)
HSL	hsl(222, 13%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(222, 11%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.6%, 7.4%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.03, 0.70, -7.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.03, 7.89, 275.06°)
OKLab	oklab(75.05% -0.001 -0.0211)
OKLCH	oklch(75.05% 0.021 267.2)
XYZ	xyz(40.3597, 42.2273, 53.5916)
Luminance	0.4223 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8AEBC #BCB6A8

analogous

#A8B8BC #A8AEBC #ACA8BC

triadic

#A8AEBC #BCA8AE #AEBCA8

tetradic

#A8AEBC #BCA8B8 #BCB6A8 #A8BCAC

square

#A8AEBC #BCA8B8 #BCB6A8 #A8BCAC

split-complementary

#A8AEBC #BCACA8 #B8BCA8

monochromatic

#666F84 #858EA1 #A8AEBC #CBCED7 #EDEEF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#A8AEBC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.45

#A8AEBC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8AEBC

9.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8AEBC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8AEBC	1.00	2.22	9.45	9.45
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAAFBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8ADBC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A4B1B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8aebc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 174, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.021 267.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2c6d0',
    500: '#a8aebc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8aebc;
$custom-light: #c2c6d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8aebc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 222,
    "s": 12.987,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75045,
    "c": 0.02116,
    "h": 267.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.42228
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8AEBC

secondary

#E3E1DD

accent

#814E97

background

#FBFCFC

surface

#F7F8F9

border

#D0D1D2

text

#121314

muted

#818282

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8AEBC

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

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