#A8AEC1#A8AEC1

#A8AEC1 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.424; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.028 H 271.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8AEC1
RGB	rgb(168, 174, 193)
HSL	hsl(226, 17%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(226, 13%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(13%, 9.8%, 0%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.18, 1.74, -10.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.18, 10.54, 279.52°)
OKLab	oklab(75.21% 0.0009 -0.028)
OKLCH	oklch(75.21% 0.028 271.8)
XYZ	xyz(40.9080, 42.4467, 56.4795)
Luminance	0.4245 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8AEC1 #C1BBA8

analogous

#A8BAC1 #A8AEC1 #AEA8C1

triadic

#A8AEC1 #C1A8AE #AEC1A8

tetradic

#A8AEC1 #C1A8BA #C1BBA8 #A8C1AE

square

#A8AEC1 #C1A8BA #C1BBA8 #A8C1AE

split-complementary

#A8AEC1 #C1AEA8 #BAC1A8

monochromatic

#636D8B #848DA8 #A8AEC1 #CCCFDA #EDEEF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#A8AEC1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.49

#A8AEC1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8AEC1

9.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8AEC1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8AEC1	1.00	2.21	9.49	9.49
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9AFC2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7ADC1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A3B1B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8aec1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 174, 193);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.028 271.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2c6d3',
    500: '#a8aec1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8aec1;
$custom-light: #c2c6d3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8aec1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 193
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 225.6,
    "s": 16.779,
    "l": 70.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75213,
    "c": 0.02804,
    "h": 271.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.42447
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8AEC1

secondary

#E6E4DF

accent

#884A9B

background

#FBFCFC

surface

#F7F8F9

border

#D0D1D2

text

#121314

muted

#818282

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8AEC1

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

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