#A8AEBF#A8AEBF

#A8AEBF is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.424; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.025 H 270.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8AEBF
RGB	rgb(168, 174, 191)
HSL	hsl(224, 15%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(224, 12%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(12%, 8.9%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.12, 1.32, -9.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.12, 9.47, 278.01°)
OKLab	oklab(75.15% 0.0001 -0.0253)
OKLCH	oklch(75.15% 0.025 270.2)
XYZ	xyz(40.6864, 42.3581, 55.3125)
Luminance	0.4236 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8AEBF #BFB9A8

analogous

#A8B9BF #A8AEBF #ADA8BF

triadic

#A8AEBF #BFA8AE #AEBFA8

tetradic

#A8AEBF #BFA8B9 #BFB9A8 #A8BFAD

square

#A8AEBF #BFA8B9 #BFB9A8 #A8BFAD

split-complementary

#A8AEBF #BFADA8 #B9BFA8

monochromatic

#646E88 #858DA5 #A8AEBF #CBCFD9 #EDEFF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#A8AEBF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.47

#A8AEBF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8AEBF

9.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8AEBF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8AEBF	1.00	2.22	9.47	9.47
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9AFC0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8ADBF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A3B1B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8aebf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 174, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.025 270.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2c6d2',
    500: '#a8aebf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8aebf;
$custom-light: #c2c6d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8aebf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 224.348,
    "s": 15.232,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75145,
    "c": 0.02527,
    "h": 270.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.42359
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8AEBF

secondary

#E5E3DE

accent

#854C99

background

#FBFCFC

surface

#F7F8F9

border

#D0D1D2

text

#121314

muted

#818282

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8AEBF

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

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