#A8B1CB#A8B1CB

#A8B1CB is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.441; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.039 H 270.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8B1CB
RGB	rgb(168, 177, 203)
HSL	hsl(225, 25%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(225, 17%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.2%, 12.8%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.28, 2.26, -14.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.28, 14.40, 279.02°)
OKLab	oklab(76.18% 0.0002 -0.0386)
OKLCH	oklch(76.18% 0.039 270.3)
XYZ	xyz(42.6475, 44.0802, 62.7498)
Luminance	0.4408 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8B1CB #CBC2A8

analogous

#A8C3CB #A8B1CB #B0A8CB

triadic

#A8B1CB #CBA8B1 #B1CBA8

tetradic

#A8B1CB #CBA8C3 #CBC2A8 #A8CBB0

square

#A8B1CB #CBA8C3 #CBC2A8 #A8CBB0

split-complementary

#A8B1CB #CBB0A8 #C3CBA8

monochromatic

#5D6D9C #828FB4 #A8B1CB #CED3E2 #ECEEF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#A8B1CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.82

#A8B1CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8B1CB

9.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8B1CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8B1CB	1.00	2.14	9.82	9.82
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAB3CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7B0CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A0B6B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8b1cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 177, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.039 270.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2c8da',
    500: '#a8b1cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8b1cb;
$custom-light: #c2c8da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8b1cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 224.571,
    "s": 25.18,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76181,
    "c": 0.03859,
    "h": 270.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.44081
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8B1CB

secondary

#EAE8E1

accent

#8B42A4

background

#FBFCFD

surface

#F7F8FA

border

#D0D1D3

text

#121315

muted

#818283

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8B1CB

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

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