#A8B0BE#A8B0BE

#A8B0BE is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.431; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.022 H 261.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8B0BE
RGB	rgb(168, 176, 190)
HSL	hsl(218, 14%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(218, 12%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.6%, 7.4%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.62, 0.02, -8.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.62, 8.09, 270.17°)
OKLab	oklab(75.53% -0.0031 -0.0218)
OKLCH	oklch(75.53% 0.022 261.8)
XYZ	xyz(40.9660, 43.0927, 54.8647)
Luminance	0.4309 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8B0BE #BEB6A8

analogous

#A8BBBE #A8B0BE #ABA8BE

triadic

#A8B0BE #BEA8B0 #B0BEA8

tetradic

#A8B0BE #BEA8BB #BEB6A8 #A8BEAB

square

#A8B0BE #BEA8BB #BEB6A8 #A8BEAB

split-complementary

#A8B0BE #BEABA8 #BBBEA8

monochromatic

#657187 #8590A4 #A8B0BE #CBD0D8 #EDEFF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#A8B0BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.62

#A8B0BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8B0BE

9.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8B0BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8B0BE	1.00	2.18	9.62	9.62
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACB1BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAAFBE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A3B3B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8b0be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 176, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.022 261.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2c7d1',
    500: '#a8b0be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8b0be;
$custom-light: #c2c7d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8b0be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 218.182,
    "s": 14.474,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75528,
    "c": 0.02199,
    "h": 261.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.43093
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8B0BE

secondary

#E4E2DE

accent

#7D4D99

background

#FBFCFC

surface

#F7F8F9

border

#D0D1D2

text

#121314

muted

#818282

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8B0BE

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

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