#A8AEC6#A8AEC6

#A8AEC6 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.427; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.035 H 274.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8AEC6
RGB	rgb(168, 174, 198)
HSL	hsl(228, 21%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(228, 15%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.2%, 12.1%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.33, 2.81, -12.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.33, 13.21, 282.28°)
OKLab	oklab(75.39% 0.0027 -0.0349)
OKLCH	oklch(75.39% 0.035 274.4)
XYZ	xyz(41.4752, 42.6736, 59.4668)
Luminance	0.4267 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8AEC6 #C6C0A8

analogous

#A8BDC6 #A8AEC6 #B1A8C6

triadic

#A8AEC6 #C6A8AE #AEC6A8

tetradic

#A8AEC6 #C6A8BD #C6C0A8 #A8C6B1

square

#A8AEC6 #C6A8BD #C6C0A8 #A8C6B1

split-complementary

#A8AEC6 #C6B1A8 #BDC6A8

monochromatic

#606B93 #838CAE #A8AEC6 #CDD0DE #EDEEF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#A8AEC6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.53

#A8AEC6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8AEC6

9.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8AEC6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8AEC6	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)

#A8B0C7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6AEC5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A1B2B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8aec6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 174, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.035 274.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2c6d7',
    500: '#a8aec6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8aec6;
$custom-light: #c2c6d7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8aec6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 228,
    "s": 20.833,
    "l": 71.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75386,
    "c": 0.03504,
    "h": 274.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.42674
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8AEC6

secondary

#E9E7E1

accent

#8D469F

background

#FBFCFD

surface

#F7F8FA

border

#D0D1D3

text

#121314

muted

#818283

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8AEC6

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

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