#A8B2CD#A8B2CD

#A8B2CD is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.446; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.040 H 269.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8B2CD
RGB	rgb(168, 178, 205)
HSL	hsl(224, 27%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(224, 18%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(18%, 13.2%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.61, 2.15, -14.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.61, 14.98, 278.26°)
OKLab	oklab(76.46% -0.0005 -0.0403)
OKLCH	oklch(76.46% 0.04 269.3)
XYZ	xyz(43.0856, 44.5726, 64.0791)
Luminance	0.4457 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8B2CD #CDC3A8

analogous

#A8C4CD #A8B2CD #B0A8CD

triadic

#A8B2CD #CDA8B2 #B2CDA8

tetradic

#A8B2CD #CDA8C4 #CDC3A8 #A8CDB0

square

#A8B2CD #CDA8C4 #CDC3A8 #A8CDB0

split-complementary

#A8B2CD #CDB0A8 #C4CDA8

monochromatic

#5B6E9F #8190B7 #A8B2CD #CFD4E3 #ECEEF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#A8B2CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.91

#A8B2CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8B2CD

9.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8B2CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8B2CD	1.00	2.12	9.91	9.91
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAB4CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7B1CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9FB7BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8b2cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 178, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.040 269.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2c9dc',
    500: '#a8b2cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8b2cd;
$custom-light: #c2c9dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8b2cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 223.784,
    "s": 27.007,
    "l": 73.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76459,
    "c": 0.04026,
    "h": 269.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.44573
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8B2CD

secondary

#EAE8E1

accent

#8A40A6

background

#FBFCFD

surface

#F7F8FB

border

#D0D1D4

text

#121315

muted

#818283

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8B2CD

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

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