#A8B2BB#A8B2BB

#A8B2BB is a light, near-neutral cyan. Relative luminance 0.438; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.017 H 245.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8B2BB
RGB	rgb(168, 178, 187)
HSL	hsl(208, 12%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(208, 10%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.2%, 4.8%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.06, -1.68, -5.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.06, 6.02, 253.80°)
OKLab	oklab(75.85% -0.0072 -0.0155)
OKLCH	oklch(75.85% 0.017 245.1)
XYZ	xyz(41.0365, 43.7530, 53.2873)
Luminance	0.4375 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8B2BB #BBB1A8

analogous

#A8BBBB #A8B2BB #A8A9BB

triadic

#A8B2BB #BBA8B2 #B2BBA8

tetradic

#A8B2BB #BBA8BB #BBB1A8 #A9BBA8

square

#A8B2BB #BBA8BB #BBB1A8 #A9BBA8

split-complementary

#A8B2BB #BBA8A9 #BBBBA8

monochromatic

#667583 #8694A0 #A8B2BB #CAD0D6 #EDEFF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#A8B2BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.75

#A8B2BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8B2BB

9.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8B2BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8B2BB	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)

#AFB2BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACB0BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A3B4B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8b2bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 178, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.017 245.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2c9cf',
    500: '#a8b2bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8b2bb;
$custom-light: #c2c9cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8b2bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.421,
    "s": 12.258,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75849,
    "c": 0.0171,
    "h": 245.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.43753
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8B2BB

secondary

#E2DFDD

accent

#714F96

background

#FBFCFC

surface

#F7F8F9

border

#D0D1D2

text

#121313

muted

#818282

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8B2BB

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

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