#A8B2BF#A8B2BF

#A8B2BF is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.439; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.022 H 254.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8B2BF
RGB	rgb(168, 178, 191)
HSL	hsl(214, 15%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(214, 12%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(12%, 6.8%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.18, -0.85, -7.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.18, 7.85, 263.76°)
OKLab	oklab(75.98% -0.0056 -0.021)
OKLCH	oklch(75.98% 0.022 254.9)
XYZ	xyz(41.4707, 43.9266, 55.5739)
Luminance	0.4393 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8B2BF #BFB5A8

analogous

#A8BDBF #A8B2BF #A9A8BF

triadic

#A8B2BF #BFA8B2 #B2BFA8

tetradic

#A8B2BF #BFA8BD #BFB5A8 #A8BFA9

square

#A8B2BF #BFA8BD #BFB5A8 #A8BFA9

split-complementary

#A8B2BF #BFA9A8 #BDBFA8

monochromatic

#647488 #8593A5 #A8B2BF #CBD1D9 #EDEFF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#A8B2BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.79

#A8B2BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8B2BF

9.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8B2BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8B2BF	1.00	2.15	9.79	9.79
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEB2C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABB0BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A3B5B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8b2bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 178, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.022 254.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2c9d2',
    500: '#a8b2bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8b2bf;
$custom-light: #c2c9d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8b2bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213.913,
    "s": 15.232,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75979,
    "c": 0.02175,
    "h": 254.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.43927
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8B2BF

secondary

#E5E2DE

accent

#784C99

background

#FBFCFC

surface

#F7F8F9

border

#D0D1D2

text

#121314

muted

#818282

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8B2BF

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

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