#A8AEBD#A8AEBD

#A8AEBD is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.423; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.023 H 268.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8AEBD
RGB	rgb(168, 174, 189)
HSL	hsl(223, 14%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(223, 11%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.1%, 7.9%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.06, 0.90, -8.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.06, 8.42, 276.16°)
OKLab	oklab(75.08% -0.0006 -0.0225)
OKLCH	oklch(75.08% 0.023 268.4)
XYZ	xyz(40.4678, 42.2706, 54.1613)
Luminance	0.4227 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8AEBD #BDB7A8

analogous

#A8B8BD #A8AEBD #ADA8BD

triadic

#A8AEBD #BDA8AE #AEBDA8

tetradic

#A8AEBD #BDA8B8 #BDB7A8 #A8BDAD

square

#A8AEBD #BDA8B8 #BDB7A8 #A8BDAD

split-complementary

#A8AEBD #BDADA8 #B8BDA8

monochromatic

#656E85 #858EA3 #A8AEBD #CBCED7 #EEEFF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#A8AEBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.45

#A8AEBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8AEBD

9.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8AEBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8AEBD	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)

#AAAFBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8ADBD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A3B1B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8aebd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 174, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.023 268.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2c6d0',
    500: '#a8aebd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8aebd;
$custom-light: #c2c6d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8aebd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 222.857,
    "s": 13.725,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75078,
    "c": 0.02253,
    "h": 268.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.42271
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8AEBD

secondary

#E3E2DD

accent

#834E98

background

#FBFCFC

surface

#F7F8F9

border

#D0D1D2

text

#121314

muted

#818282

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8AEBD

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

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