#A8AEC2#A8AEC2

#A8AEC2 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.029 H 272.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8AEC2
RGB	rgb(168, 174, 194)
HSL	hsl(226, 18%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(226, 13%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.4%, 10.3%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.21, 1.95, -10.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.21, 11.07, 280.17°)
OKLab	oklab(75.25% 0.0012 -0.0294)
OKLCH	oklch(75.25% 0.029 272.4)
XYZ	xyz(41.0199, 42.4915, 57.0690)
Luminance	0.4249 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8AEC2 #C2BCA8

analogous

#A8BBC2 #A8AEC2 #AFA8C2

triadic

#A8AEC2 #C2A8AE #AEC2A8

tetradic

#A8AEC2 #C2A8BB #C2BCA8 #A8C2AF

square

#A8AEC2 #C2A8BB #C2BCA8 #A8C2AF

split-complementary

#A8AEC2 #C2AFA8 #BBC2A8

monochromatic

#636C8D #848DA9 #A8AEC2 #CCCFDB #EDEEF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#A8AEC2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.50

#A8AEC2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8AEC2

9.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8AEC2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8AEC2	1.00	2.21	9.50	9.50
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9AFC3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7ADC1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A2B2B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8aec2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 174, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.029 272.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2c6d4',
    500: '#a8aec2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8aec2;
$custom-light: #c2c6d4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8aec2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 226.154,
    "s": 17.568,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75247,
    "c": 0.02944,
    "h": 272.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.42492
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8AEC2

secondary

#E6E5DF

accent

#894A9C

background

#FBFCFD

surface

#F7F8FA

border

#D0D1D3

text

#121314

muted

#818283

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8AEC2

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

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