#A8AEC0#A8AEC0

#A8AEC0 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.424; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.027 H 271.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8AEC0
RGB	rgb(168, 174, 192)
HSL	hsl(225, 16%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(225, 13%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.5%, 9.4%, 0%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.15, 1.53, -9.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.15, 10.00, 278.80°)
OKLab	oklab(75.18% 0.0005 -0.0266)
OKLCH	oklch(75.18% 0.027 271.1)
XYZ	xyz(40.7968, 42.4022, 55.8940)
Luminance	0.4240 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8AEC0 #C0BAA8

analogous

#A8BAC0 #A8AEC0 #AEA8C0

triadic

#A8AEC0 #C0A8AE #AEC0A8

tetradic

#A8AEC0 #C0A8BA #C0BAA8 #A8C0AE

square

#A8AEC0 #C0A8BA #C0BAA8 #A8C0AE

split-complementary

#A8AEC0 #C0AEA8 #BAC0A8

monochromatic

#646D8A #858DA6 #A8AEC0 #CBCFDA #EDEEF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#A8AEC0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.48

#A8AEC0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8AEC0

9.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8AEC0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8AEC0	1.00	2.22	9.48	9.48
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9AFC1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7ADC0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A3B1B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8aec0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 174, 192);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.027 271.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2c6d3',
    500: '#a8aec0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8aec0;
$custom-light: #c2c6d3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8aec0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 192
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 225,
    "s": 16,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75179,
    "c": 0.02665,
    "h": 271.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.42403
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8AEC0

secondary

#E5E4DF

accent

#864B9A

background

#FBFCFC

surface

#F7F8F9

border

#D0D1D2

text

#121314

muted

#818282

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8AEC0

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

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