#A8AFD6#A8AFD6

#A8AFD6 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.438; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.056 H 277.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8AFD6
RGB	rgb(168, 175, 214)
HSL	hsl(231, 36%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(231, 21%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.5%, 18.2%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.12, 5.82, -20.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.12, 21.30, 285.86°)
OKLab	oklab(76.18% 0.0069 -0.056)
OKLCH	oklch(76.18% 0.056 277)
XYZ	xyz(43.6130, 43.8389, 69.7693)
Luminance	0.4384 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8AFD6 #D6CFA8

analogous

#A8C6D6 #A8AFD6 #B8A8D6

triadic

#A8AFD6 #D6A8AF #AFD6A8

tetradic

#A8AFD6 #D6A8C6 #D6CFA8 #A8D6B8

square

#A8AFD6 #D6A8C6 #D6CFA8 #A8D6B8

split-complementary

#A8AFD6 #D6B8A8 #C6D6A8

monochromatic

#5562AF #7E89C2 #A8AFD6 #D2D5EA #EAECF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#A8AFD6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.77

#A8AFD6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8AFD6

9.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8AFD6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8AFD6	1.00	2.15	9.77	9.77
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4B3D8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2AFD5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9DB6BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8afd6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 175, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.056 277.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2c6e2',
    500: '#a8afd6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8afd6;
$custom-light: #c2c6e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8afd6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 230.87,
    "s": 35.938,
    "l": 74.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76175,
    "c": 0.05642,
    "h": 277
  },
  "luminance": 0.4384
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8AFD6

secondary

#ECEADF

accent

#9D37AF

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F8F8FB

border

#D1D1D4

text

#121315

muted

#818283

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8AFD6

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

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