#A8AEBE#A8AEBE

#A8AEBE is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.423; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.024 H 269.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8AEBE
RGB	rgb(168, 174, 190)
HSL	hsl(224, 14%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(224, 12%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.6%, 8.4%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.09, 1.11, -8.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.09, 8.94, 277.14°)
OKLab	oklab(75.11% -0.0003 -0.0239)
OKLCH	oklch(75.11% 0.024 269.4)
XYZ	xyz(40.5767, 42.3142, 54.7349)
Luminance	0.4232 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8AEBE #BEB8A8

analogous

#A8B9BE #A8AEBE #ADA8BE

triadic

#A8AEBE #BEA8AE #AEBEA8

tetradic

#A8AEBE #BEA8B9 #BEB8A8 #A8BEAD

square

#A8AEBE #BEA8B9 #BEB8A8 #A8BEAD

split-complementary

#A8AEBE #BEADA8 #B9BEA8

monochromatic

#656E87 #858DA4 #A8AEBE #CBCFD8 #EDEFF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#A8AEBE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.46

#A8AEBE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8AEBE

9.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8AEBE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8AEBE	1.00	2.22	9.46	9.46
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAAFBF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8ADBE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A3B1B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8aebe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 174, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.024 269.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2c6d1',
    500: '#a8aebe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8aebe;
$custom-light: #c2c6d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8aebe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 223.636,
    "s": 14.474,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75111,
    "c": 0.02389,
    "h": 269.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.42315
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8AEBE

secondary

#E4E2DE

accent

#844D99

background

#FBFCFC

surface

#F7F8F9

border

#D0D1D2

text

#121314

muted

#818282

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8AEBE

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

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