#A8AEC4#A8AEC4

#A8AEC4 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.426; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.032 H 273.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8AEC4
RGB	rgb(168, 174, 196)
HSL	hsl(227, 19%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(227, 14%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.3%, 11.2%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.27, 2.38, -11.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.27, 12.14, 281.31°)
OKLab	oklab(75.32% 0.002 -0.0322)
OKLCH	oklch(75.32% 0.032 273.5)
XYZ	xyz(41.2461, 42.5819, 58.2599)
Luminance	0.4258 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8AEC4 #C4BEA8

analogous

#A8BCC4 #A8AEC4 #B0A8C4

triadic

#A8AEC4 #C4A8AE #AEC4A8

tetradic

#A8AEC4 #C4A8BC #C4BEA8 #A8C4B0

square

#A8AEC4 #C4A8BC #C4BEA8 #A8C4B0

split-complementary

#A8AEC4 #C4B0A8 #BCC4A8

monochromatic

#626C90 #848CAB #A8AEC4 #CCD0DD #EDEEF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#A8AEC4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.52

#A8AEC4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8AEC4

9.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8AEC4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8AEC4	1.00	2.21	9.52	9.52
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8B0C5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6ADC3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A2B2B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8aec4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 174, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.032 273.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2c6d5',
    500: '#a8aec4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8aec4;
$custom-light: #c2c6d5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8aec4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 227.143,
    "s": 19.178,
    "l": 71.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75316,
    "c": 0.03223,
    "h": 273.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.42582
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8AEC4

secondary

#E8E6E0

accent

#8B489E

background

#FBFCFD

surface

#F7F8FA

border

#D0D1D3

text

#121314

muted

#818283

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8AEC4

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

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