#A8AEC8#A8AEC8

#A8AEC8 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.428; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.038 H 275.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8AEC8
RGB	rgb(168, 174, 200)
HSL	hsl(229, 23%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(229, 16%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(16%, 13%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.40, 3.24, -13.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.40, 14.28, 283.13°)
OKLab	oklab(75.46% 0.0034 -0.0377)
OKLCH	oklch(75.46% 0.038 275.2)
XYZ	xyz(41.7074, 42.7665, 60.6898)
Luminance	0.4277 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8AEC8 #C8C2A8

analogous

#A8BEC8 #A8AEC8 #B2A8C8

triadic

#A8AEC8 #C8A8AE #AEC8A8

tetradic

#A8AEC8 #C8A8BE #C8C2A8 #A8C8B2

square

#A8AEC8 #C8A8BE #C8C2A8 #A8C8B2

split-complementary

#A8AEC8 #C8B2A8 #BEC8A8

monochromatic

#5F6A96 #838BB0 #A8AEC8 #CDD1E0 #ECEEF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#A8AEC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.55

#A8AEC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8AEC8

9.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8AEC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8AEC8	1.00	2.20	9.55	9.55
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7B0C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5AEC7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A1B3B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8aec8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 174, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.038 275.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2c6d8',
    500: '#a8aec8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8aec8;
$custom-light: #c2c6d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8aec8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 228.75,
    "s": 22.535,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75456,
    "c": 0.03785,
    "h": 275.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.42767
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8AEC8

secondary

#EAE8E1

accent

#9045A1

background

#FBFCFD

surface

#F7F8FA

border

#D0D1D3

text

#121314

muted

#818283

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8AEC8

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

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