#A8B1CF#A8B1CF

#A8B1CF is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.443; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.044 H 272.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8B1CF
RGB	rgb(168, 177, 207)
HSL	hsl(226, 29%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(226, 19%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.8%, 14.5%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.41, 3.14, -16.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.41, 16.52, 280.97°)
OKLab	oklab(76.33% 0.0017 -0.0441)
OKLCH	oklch(76.33% 0.044 272.2)
XYZ	xyz(43.1303, 44.2733, 65.2926)
Luminance	0.4427 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8B1CF #CFC6A8

analogous

#A8C4CF #A8B1CF #B2A8CF

triadic

#A8B1CF #CFA8B1 #B1CFA8

tetradic

#A8B1CF #CFA8C4 #CFC6A8 #A8CFB2

square

#A8B1CF #CFA8C4 #CFC6A8 #A8CFB2

split-complementary

#A8B1CF #CFB2A8 #C4CFA8

monochromatic

#5A6BA3 #818EB9 #A8B1CF #CFD4E5 #EBEDF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#A8B1CF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.85

#A8B1CF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8B1CF

9.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8B1CF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8B1CF	1.00	2.13	9.85	9.85
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9B3D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6B0CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9FB6BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8b1cf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 177, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.044 272.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2c8dd',
    500: '#a8b1cf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8b1cf;
$custom-light: #c2c8dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8b1cf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 226.154,
    "s": 28.889,
    "l": 73.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76325,
    "c": 0.04415,
    "h": 272.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.44274
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8B1CF

secondary

#EBE8E0

accent

#8F3EA8

background

#FBFCFD

surface

#F7F8FB

border

#D0D1D4

text

#121315

muted

#818283

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8B1CF

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

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