#A8AFCC#A8AFCC

#A8AFCC is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.433; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.042 H 274.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8AFCC
RGB	rgb(168, 175, 204)
HSL	hsl(228, 26%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(228, 18%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.6%, 14.2%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.79, 3.57, -15.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.79, 15.92, 282.97°)
OKLab	oklab(75.81% 0.0034 -0.0421)
OKLCH	oklch(75.81% 0.042 274.7)
XYZ	xyz(42.3749, 43.3437, 63.2487)
Luminance	0.4334 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8AFCC #CCC5A8

analogous

#A8C1CC #A8AFCC #B3A8CC

triadic

#A8AFCC #CCA8AF #AFCCA8

tetradic

#A8AFCC #CCA8C1 #CCC5A8 #A8CCB3

square

#A8AFCC #CCA8C1 #CCC5A8 #A8CCB3

split-complementary

#A8AFCC #CCB3A8 #C1CCA8

monochromatic

#5C699D #818CB5 #A8AFCC #CFD2E3 #ECEDF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#A8AFCC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.67

#A8AFCC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8AFCC

9.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8AFCC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8AFCC	1.00	2.17	9.67	9.67
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7B1CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5AFCB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A0B4B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8afcc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 175, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.042 274.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2c6db',
    500: '#a8afcc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8afcc;
$custom-light: #c2c6db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8afcc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 228.333,
    "s": 26.087,
    "l": 72.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75805,
    "c": 0.04229,
    "h": 274.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.43344
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8AFCC

secondary

#EAE8E1

accent

#9141A5

background

#FBFCFD

surface

#F7F8FB

border

#D0D1D4

text

#121315

muted

#818283

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8AFCC

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

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