#A8AFBC#A8AFBC

#A8AFBC is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.426; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.020 H 263.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8AFBC
RGB	rgb(168, 175, 188)
HSL	hsl(219, 13%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(219, 11%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.6%, 6.9%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.29, 0.15, -7.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.29, 7.47, 271.17°)
OKLab	oklab(75.25% -0.0025 -0.0201)
OKLCH	oklch(75.25% 0.02 263)
XYZ	xyz(40.5536, 42.6152, 53.6562)
Luminance	0.4262 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8AFBC #BCB5A8

analogous

#A8B9BC #A8AFBC #ABA8BC

triadic

#A8AFBC #BCA8AF #AFBCA8

tetradic

#A8AFBC #BCA8B9 #BCB5A8 #A8BCAB

square

#A8AFBC #BCA8B9 #BCB5A8 #A8BCAB

split-complementary

#A8AFBC #BCABA8 #B9BCA8

monochromatic

#667084 #858FA1 #A8AFBC #CBCFD7 #EDEFF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#A8AFBC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.52

#A8AFBC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8AFBC

9.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8AFBC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8AFBC	1.00	2.21	9.52	9.52
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABB0BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9AEBC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A4B2B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8afbc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 175, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.020 263.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2c6d0',
    500: '#a8afbc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8afbc;
$custom-light: #c2c6d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8afbc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 219,
    "s": 12.987,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75253,
    "c": 0.02023,
    "h": 263
  },
  "luminance": 0.42616
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8AFBC

secondary

#E3E1DD

accent

#7E4E97

background

#FBFCFC

surface

#F7F8F9

border

#D0D1D2

text

#121314

muted

#818282

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8AFBC

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

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