#A8AECA#A8AECA

#A8AECA is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.429; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.041 H 275.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8AECA
RGB	rgb(168, 174, 202)
HSL	hsl(229, 24%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(229, 17%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.8%, 13.9%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.46, 3.68, -14.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.46, 15.36, 283.86°)
OKLab	oklab(75.53% 0.0041 -0.0405)
OKLCH	oklch(75.53% 0.041 275.8)
XYZ	xyz(41.9427, 42.8606, 61.9288)
Luminance	0.4286 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8AECA #CAC4A8

analogous

#A8BFCA #A8AECA #B3A8CA

triadic

#A8AECA #CAA8AE #AECAA8

tetradic

#A8AECA #CAA8BF #CAC4A8 #A8CAB3

square

#A8AECA #CAA8BF #CAC4A8 #A8CAB3

split-complementary

#A8AECA #CAB3A8 #BFCAA8

monochromatic

#5E689A #828BB3 #A8AECA #CED1E1 #ECEDF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#A8AECA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.57

#A8AECA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8AECA

9.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8AECA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8AECA	1.00	2.19	9.57	9.57
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7B0CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4AEC9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A0B3B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8aeca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 174, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.041 275.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2c6da',
    500: '#a8aeca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8aeca;
$custom-light: #c2c6da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8aeca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 229.412,
    "s": 24.286,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75527,
    "c": 0.04068,
    "h": 275.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.42861
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8AECA

secondary

#EAE8E1

accent

#9243A3

background

#FBFCFD

surface

#F7F8FA

border

#D0D1D3

text

#121314

muted

#818283

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8AECA

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

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