#A8B0BC#A8B0BC

#A8B0BC is a light, near-neutral blue. Relative luminance 0.430; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.019 H 258.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8B0BC
RGB	rgb(168, 176, 188)
HSL	hsl(216, 13%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(216, 11%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.6%, 6.4%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.56, -0.39, -7.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.56, 7.08, 266.84°)
OKLab	oklab(75.46% -0.0039 -0.019)
OKLCH	oklch(75.46% 0.019 258.3)
XYZ	xyz(40.7489, 43.0059, 53.7213)
Luminance	0.4301 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8B0BC #BCB4A8

analogous

#A8BABC #A8B0BC #AAA8BC

triadic

#A8B0BC #BCA8B0 #B0BCA8

tetradic

#A8B0BC #BCA8BA #BCB4A8 #A8BCAA

square

#A8B0BC #BCA8BA #BCB4A8 #A8BCAA

split-complementary

#A8B0BC #BCAAA8 #BABCA8

monochromatic

#667284 #8591A1 #A8B0BC #CBCFD7 #EDEFF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#A8B0BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.60

#A8B0BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8B0BC

9.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8B0BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8B0BC	1.00	2.19	9.60	9.60
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACB0BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAAEBC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A3B2B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8b0bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 176, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.019 258.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2c7d0',
    500: '#a8b0bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8b0bc;
$custom-light: #c2c7d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8b0bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216,
    "s": 12.987,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75462,
    "c": 0.01941,
    "h": 258.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.43006
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8B0BC

secondary

#E3E0DD

accent

#7A4E97

background

#FBFCFC

surface

#F7F8F9

border

#D0D1D2

text

#121314

muted

#818282

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8B0BC

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

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