#A8B0BA#A8B0BA

#A8B0BA is a light, near-neutral cyan. Relative luminance 0.429; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.017 H 253.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8B0BA
RGB	rgb(168, 176, 186)
HSL	hsl(213, 12%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(213, 10%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.7%, 5.4%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.50, -0.80, -6.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.50, 6.11, 262.46°)
OKLab	oklab(75.4% -0.0047 -0.0163)
OKLCH	oklch(75.4% 0.017 253.9)
XYZ	xyz(40.5348, 42.9202, 52.5937)
Luminance	0.4292 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8B0BA #BAB2A8

analogous

#A8B9BA #A8B0BA #A9A8BA

triadic

#A8B0BA #BAA8B0 #B0BAA8

tetradic

#A8B0BA #BAA8B9 #BAB2A8 #A8BAA9

square

#A8B0BA #BAA8B9 #BAB2A8 #A8BAA9

split-complementary

#A8B0BA #BAA9A8 #B9BAA8

monochromatic

#667281 #86919F #A8B0BA #CACFD5 #ECEEF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#A8B0BA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.58

#A8B0BA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8B0BA

9.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8B0BA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8B0BA	1.00	2.19	9.58	9.58
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADB0BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABAEBA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A4B2B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8b0ba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 176, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.017 253.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1c7ce',
    500: '#a8b0ba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8b0ba;
$custom-light: #c1c7ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8b0ba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213.333,
    "s": 11.538,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75397,
    "c": 0.01693,
    "h": 253.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.42921
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8B0BA

secondary

#E1DFDC

accent

#775096

background

#FBFCFC

surface

#F7F8F9

border

#D0D1D2

text

#121313

muted

#818282

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8B0BA

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

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