#A8B0CC#A8B0CC

#A8B0CC is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.437; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.041 H 272.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8B0CC
RGB	rgb(168, 176, 204)
HSL	hsl(227, 26%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(227, 18%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.6%, 13.7%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.05, 3.03, -15.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.05, 15.42, 281.31°)
OKLab	oklab(76.01% 0.002 -0.0411)
OKLCH	oklch(76.01% 0.041 272.8)
XYZ	xyz(42.5703, 43.7344, 63.3138)
Luminance	0.4374 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8B0CC #CCC4A8

analogous

#A8C2CC #A8B0CC #B2A8CC

triadic

#A8B0CC #CCA8B0 #B0CCA8

tetradic

#A8B0CC #CCA8C2 #CCC4A8 #A8CCB2

square

#A8B0CC #CCA8C2 #CCC4A8 #A8CCB2

split-complementary

#A8B0CC #CCB2A8 #C2CCA8

monochromatic

#5C6B9D #818DB5 #A8B0CC #CFD3E3 #ECEDF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#A8B0CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.75

#A8B0CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8B0CC

9.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8B0CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8B0CC	1.00	2.15	9.75	9.75
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8B2CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6AFCB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A0B5B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8b0cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 176, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.041 272.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2c7db',
    500: '#a8b0cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8b0cc;
$custom-light: #c2c7db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8b0cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 226.667,
    "s": 26.087,
    "l": 72.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76011,
    "c": 0.04111,
    "h": 272.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.43735
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8B0CC

secondary

#EAE8E1

accent

#8E41A5

background

#FBFCFD

surface

#F7F8FB

border

#D0D1D4

text

#121315

muted

#818283

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8B0CC

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

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