#A8B2C2#A8B2C2

#A8B2C2 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.441; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.026 H 259.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8B2C2
RGB	rgb(168, 178, 194)
HSL	hsl(217, 18%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(217, 13%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.4%, 8.2%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.27, -0.22, -9.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.27, 9.32, 268.63°)
OKLab	oklab(76.08% -0.0045 -0.0251)
OKLCH	oklch(76.08% 0.026 259.8)
XYZ	xyz(41.8042, 44.0600, 57.3305)
Luminance	0.4406 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8B2C2 #C2B8A8

analogous

#A8BFC2 #A8B2C2 #ABA8C2

triadic

#A8B2C2 #C2A8B2 #B2C2A8

tetradic

#A8B2C2 #C2A8BF #C2B8A8 #A8C2AB

square

#A8B2C2 #C2A8BF #C2B8A8 #A8C2AB

split-complementary

#A8B2C2 #C2ABA8 #BFC2A8

monochromatic

#63738D #8492A9 #A8B2C2 #CCD2DB #EDEFF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#A8B2C2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.81

#A8B2C2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8B2C2

9.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8B2C2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8B2C2	1.00	2.14	9.81	9.81
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADB3C3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAB0C2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A2B5B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8b2c2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 178, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.026 259.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2c9d4',
    500: '#a8b2c2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8b2c2;
$custom-light: #c2c9d4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8b2c2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216.923,
    "s": 17.568,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76079,
    "c": 0.02551,
    "h": 259.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.44061
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8B2C2

secondary

#E6E4DF

accent

#7C4A9C

background

#FBFCFD

surface

#F7F8FA

border

#D0D1D3

text

#121314

muted

#818283

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8B2C2

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

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