#A8B0C8#A8B0C8

#A8B0C8 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.435; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.036 H 270.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8B0C8
RGB	rgb(168, 176, 200)
HSL	hsl(225, 23%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(225, 16%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(16%, 12%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.92, 2.15, -13.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.92, 13.29, 279.31°)
OKLab	oklab(75.87% 0.0006 -0.0355)
OKLCH	oklch(75.87% 0.036 270.9)
XYZ	xyz(42.0967, 43.5450, 60.8195)
Luminance	0.4355 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8B0C8 #C8C0A8

analogous

#A8C0C8 #A8B0C8 #B0A8C8

triadic

#A8B0C8 #C8A8B0 #B0C8A8

tetradic

#A8B0C8 #C8A8C0 #C8C0A8 #A8C8B0

square

#A8B0C8 #C8A8C0 #C8C0A8 #A8C8B0

split-complementary

#A8B0C8 #C8B0A8 #C0C8A8

monochromatic

#5F6D96 #838EB0 #A8B0C8 #CDD2E0 #ECEEF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#A8B0C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.71

#A8B0C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8B0C8

9.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8B0C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8B0C8	1.00	2.16	9.71	9.71
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9B2C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7AFC7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A1B4B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8b0c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 176, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.036 270.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2c7d8',
    500: '#a8b0c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8b0c8;
$custom-light: #c2c7d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8b0c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 225,
    "s": 22.535,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75869,
    "c": 0.03554,
    "h": 270.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.43546
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8B0C8

secondary

#EAE8E1

accent

#8A45A1

background

#FBFCFD

surface

#F7F8FA

border

#D0D1D3

text

#121314

muted

#818283

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8B0C8

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

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