#A8B1CD#A8B1CD

#A8B1CD is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.442; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.041 H 271.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8B1CD
RGB	rgb(168, 177, 205)
HSL	hsl(225, 27%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(225, 18%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(18%, 13.7%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.35, 2.70, -15.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.35, 15.46, 280.05°)
OKLab	oklab(76.25% 0.001 -0.0413)
OKLCH	oklch(76.25% 0.041 271.3)
XYZ	xyz(42.8874, 44.1761, 64.0131)
Luminance	0.4418 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8B1CD #CDC4A8

analogous

#A8C3CD #A8B1CD #B1A8CD

triadic

#A8B1CD #CDA8B1 #B1CDA8

tetradic

#A8B1CD #CDA8C3 #CDC4A8 #A8CDB1

square

#A8B1CD #CDA8C3 #CDC4A8 #A8CDB1

split-complementary

#A8B1CD #CDB1A8 #C3CDA8

monochromatic

#5B6C9F #818EB7 #A8B1CD #CFD4E3 #ECEEF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#A8B1CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.84

#A8B1CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8B1CD

9.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8B1CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8B1CD	1.00	2.14	9.84	9.84
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9B3CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6B0CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9FB6BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8b1cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 177, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.041 271.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2c8dc',
    500: '#a8b1cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8b1cd;
$custom-light: #c2c8dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8b1cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 225.405,
    "s": 27.007,
    "l": 73.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76253,
    "c": 0.04136,
    "h": 271.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.44177
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8B1CD

secondary

#EAE8E1

accent

#8D40A6

background

#FBFCFD

surface

#F7F8FB

border

#D0D1D4

text

#121315

muted

#818283

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8B1CD

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

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