#A8AEC5#A8AEC5

#A8AEC5 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.426; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.034 H 274.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8AEC5
RGB	rgb(168, 174, 197)
HSL	hsl(228, 20%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(228, 15%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.7%, 11.7%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.30, 2.60, -12.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.30, 12.67, 281.82°)
OKLab	oklab(75.35% 0.0023 -0.0336)
OKLCH	oklch(75.35% 0.034 274)
XYZ	xyz(41.3603, 42.6276, 58.8614)
Luminance	0.4263 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8AEC5 #C5BFA8

analogous

#A8BDC5 #A8AEC5 #B1A8C5

triadic

#A8AEC5 #C5A8AE #AEC5A8

tetradic

#A8AEC5 #C5A8BD #C5BFA8 #A8C5B1

square

#A8AEC5 #C5A8BD #C5BFA8 #A8C5B1

split-complementary

#A8AEC5 #C5B1A8 #BDC5A8

monochromatic

#616B92 #838CAD #A8AEC5 #CDD0DD #EDEEF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#A8AEC5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.53

#A8AEC5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8AEC5

9.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8AEC5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8AEC5	1.00	2.20	9.53	9.53
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8B0C6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6AEC4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A2B2B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8aec5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 174, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.034 274.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2c6d6',
    500: '#a8aec5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8aec5;
$custom-light: #c2c6d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8aec5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 227.586,
    "s": 20,
    "l": 71.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75351,
    "c": 0.03363,
    "h": 274
  },
  "luminance": 0.42628
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8AEC5

secondary

#E8E7E1

accent

#8C479E

background

#FBFCFD

surface

#F7F8FA

border

#D0D1D3

text

#121314

muted

#818283

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8AEC5

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

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