#A8AECB#A8AECB

#A8AECB is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.429; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.042 H 276.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8AECB
RGB	rgb(168, 174, 203)
HSL	hsl(230, 25%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(230, 17%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.2%, 14.3%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.49, 3.90, -15.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.49, 15.90, 284.20°)
OKLab	oklab(75.56% 0.0045 -0.0419)
OKLCH	oklch(75.56% 0.042 276.1)
XYZ	xyz(42.0615, 42.9081, 62.5544)
Luminance	0.4291 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8AECB #CBC5A8

analogous

#A8BFCB #A8AECB #B3A8CB

triadic

#A8AECB #CBA8AE #AECBA8

tetradic

#A8AECB #CBA8BF #CBC5A8 #A8CBB3

square

#A8AECB #CBA8BF #CBC5A8 #A8CBB3

split-complementary

#A8AECB #CBB3A8 #BFCBA8

monochromatic

#5D689C #828AB4 #A8AECB #CED2E2 #ECEDF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#A8AECB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.58

#A8AECB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8AECB

9.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8AECB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8AECB	1.00	2.19	9.58	9.58
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6B0CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4AECA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A0B3B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8aecb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 174, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.042 276.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2c6da',
    500: '#a8aecb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8aecb;
$custom-light: #c2c6da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8aecb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 229.714,
    "s": 25.18,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75563,
    "c": 0.0421,
    "h": 276.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.42909
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8AECB

secondary

#EAE8E1

accent

#9342A4

background

#FBFCFD

surface

#F7F8FA

border

#D0D1D3

text

#121315

muted

#818283

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8AECB

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

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