#A8AFBB#A8AFBB

#A8AFBB is a light, near-neutral blue. Relative luminance 0.426; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.019 H 261.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8AFBB
RGB	rgb(168, 175, 187)
HSL	hsl(218, 12%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(218, 10%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.2%, 6.4%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.26, -0.05, -6.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.26, 6.96, 269.55°)
OKLab	oklab(75.22% -0.0028 -0.0187)
OKLCH	oklch(75.22% 0.019 261.3)
XYZ	xyz(40.4461, 42.5722, 53.0905)
Luminance	0.4257 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8AFBB #BBB4A8

analogous

#A8B9BB #A8AFBB #ABA8BB

triadic

#A8AFBB #BBA8AF #AFBBA8

tetradic

#A8AFBB #BBA8B9 #BBB4A8 #A8BBAB

square

#A8AFBB #BBA8B9 #BBB4A8 #A8BBAB

split-complementary

#A8AFBB #BBABA8 #B9BBA8

monochromatic

#667183 #868FA0 #A8AFBB #CACFD6 #EDEEF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#A8AFBB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.51

#A8AFBB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8AFBB

9.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8AFBB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8AFBB	1.00	2.21	9.51	9.51
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABAFBC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAAEBB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A4B1B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8afbb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 175, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.019 261.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2c6cf',
    500: '#a8afbb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8afbb;
$custom-light: #c2c6cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8afbb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 217.895,
    "s": 12.258,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75221,
    "c": 0.01892,
    "h": 261.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.42573
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8AFBB

secondary

#E2E0DD

accent

#7C4F96

background

#FBFCFC

surface

#F7F8F9

border

#D0D1D2

text

#121313

muted

#818282

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8AFBB

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

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