#A8AFBF#A8AFBF

#A8AFBF is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.427; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.024 H 266.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8AFBF
RGB	rgb(168, 175, 191)
HSL	hsl(222, 15%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(222, 12%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(12%, 8.4%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.38, 0.78, -8.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.38, 9.02, 274.94°)
OKLab	oklab(75.35% -0.0013 -0.0242)
OKLCH	oklch(75.35% 0.024 266.9)
XYZ	xyz(40.8803, 42.7459, 55.3771)
Luminance	0.4275 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8AFBF #BFB8A8

analogous

#A8BABF #A8AFBF #ACA8BF

triadic

#A8AFBF #BFA8AF #AFBFA8

tetradic

#A8AFBF #BFA8BA #BFB8A8 #A8BFAC

square

#A8AFBF #BFA8BA #BFB8A8 #A8BFAC

split-complementary

#A8AFBF #BFACA8 #BABFA8

monochromatic

#646F88 #858FA5 #A8AFBF #CBCFD9 #EDEFF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#A8AFBF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.55

#A8AFBF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8AFBF

9.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8AFBF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8AFBF	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)

#AAB0C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8AEBF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A3B2B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8afbf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 175, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.024 266.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2c6d2',
    500: '#a8afbf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8afbf;
$custom-light: #c2c6d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8afbf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 221.739,
    "s": 15.232,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75353,
    "c": 0.02424,
    "h": 266.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.42746
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8AFBF

secondary

#E5E3DE

accent

#824C99

background

#FBFCFC

surface

#F7F8F9

border

#D0D1D2

text

#121314

muted

#818282

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8AFBF

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

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