#A8AFCA#A8AFCA

#A8AFCA is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.432; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.039 H 273.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8AFCA
RGB	rgb(168, 175, 202)
HSL	hsl(228, 24%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(228, 17%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.8%, 13.4%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.72, 3.13, -14.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.72, 14.85, 282.18°)
OKLab	oklab(75.73% 0.0027 -0.0394)
OKLCH	oklch(75.73% 0.039 273.9)
XYZ	xyz(42.1366, 43.2484, 61.9935)
Luminance	0.4325 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8AFCA #CAC3A8

analogous

#A8C0CA #A8AFCA #B2A8CA

triadic

#A8AFCA #CAA8AF #AFCAA8

tetradic

#A8AFCA #CAA8C0 #CAC3A8 #A8CAB2

square

#A8AFCA #CAA8C0 #CAC3A8 #A8CAB2

split-complementary

#A8AFCA #CAB2A8 #C0CAA8

monochromatic

#5E6A9A #828CB3 #A8AFCA #CED2E1 #ECEEF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#A8AFCA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.65

#A8AFCA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8AFCA

9.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8AFCA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8AFCA	1.00	2.18	9.65	9.65
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8B1CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5AEC9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A0B4B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8afca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 175, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.039 273.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2c6da',
    500: '#a8afca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8afca;
$custom-light: #c2c6da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8afca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 227.647,
    "s": 24.286,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75733,
    "c": 0.03947,
    "h": 273.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.43249
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8AFCA

secondary

#EAE8E1

accent

#8F43A3

background

#FBFCFD

surface

#F7F8FA

border

#D0D1D3

text

#121314

muted

#818283

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8AFCA

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

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