#A8B0CA#A8B0CA

#A8B0CA is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.436; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.038 H 271.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8B0CA
RGB	rgb(168, 176, 202)
HSL	hsl(226, 24%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(226, 17%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.8%, 12.9%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.99, 2.59, -14.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.99, 14.36, 280.38°)
OKLab	oklab(75.94% 0.0013 -0.0383)
OKLCH	oklch(75.94% 0.038 271.9)
XYZ	xyz(42.3319, 43.6391, 62.0586)
Luminance	0.4364 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8B0CA #CAC2A8

analogous

#A8C1CA #A8B0CA #B1A8CA

triadic

#A8B0CA #CAA8B0 #B0CAA8

tetradic

#A8B0CA #CAA8C1 #CAC2A8 #A8CAB1

square

#A8B0CA #CAA8C1 #CAC2A8 #A8CAB1

split-complementary

#A8B0CA #CAB1A8 #C1CAA8

monochromatic

#5E6C9A #828DB3 #A8B0CA #CED3E1 #ECEEF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#A8B0CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.73

#A8B0CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8B0CA

9.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8B0CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8B0CA	1.00	2.16	9.73	9.73
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9B2CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6AFC9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A0B5B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8b0ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 176, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.038 271.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2c7da',
    500: '#a8b0ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8b0ca;
$custom-light: #c2c7da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8b0ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 225.882,
    "s": 24.286,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75939,
    "c": 0.03832,
    "h": 271.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.4364
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8B0CA

secondary

#EAE8E1

accent

#8C43A3

background

#FBFCFD

surface

#F7F8FA

border

#D0D1D3

text

#121314

muted

#818283

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8B0CA

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

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