#A8B2CC#A8B2CC

#A8B2CC is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.445; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.039 H 268.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8B2CC
RGB	rgb(168, 178, 204)
HSL	hsl(223, 26%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(223, 18%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.6%, 12.7%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.58, 1.93, -14.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.58, 14.46, 277.68°)
OKLab	oklab(76.42% -0.0008 -0.0389)
OKLCH	oklch(76.42% 0.039 268.8)
XYZ	xyz(42.9653, 44.5245, 63.4455)
Luminance	0.4452 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8B2CC #CCC2A8

analogous

#A8C4CC #A8B2CC #B0A8CC

triadic

#A8B2CC #CCA8B2 #B2CCA8

tetradic

#A8B2CC #CCA8C4 #CCC2A8 #A8CCB0

square

#A8B2CC #CCA8C4 #CCC2A8 #A8CCB0

split-complementary

#A8B2CC #CCB0A8 #C4CCA8

monochromatic

#5C6E9D #8190B5 #A8B2CC #CFD4E3 #ECEEF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#A8B2CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.90

#A8B2CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8B2CC

9.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8B2CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8B2CC	1.00	2.12	9.90	9.90
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAB4CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8B1CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A0B7BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8b2cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 178, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.039 268.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2c9db',
    500: '#a8b2cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8b2cc;
$custom-light: #c2c9db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8b2cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 223.333,
    "s": 26.087,
    "l": 72.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76423,
    "c": 0.03889,
    "h": 268.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.44525
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8B2CC

secondary

#EAE8E1

accent

#8941A5

background

#FBFCFD

surface

#F7F8FB

border

#D0D1D4

text

#121315

muted

#818283

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8B2CC

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

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