#A8B4BC#A8B4BC

#A8B4BC is a light, near-neutral cyan. Relative luminance 0.446; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.018 H 236.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8B4BC
RGB	rgb(168, 180, 188)
HSL	hsl(204, 13%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(204, 11%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.6%, 4.3%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.63, -2.55, -5.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.63, 6.06, 245.08°)
OKLab	oklab(76.3% -0.0097 -0.0148)
OKLCH	oklch(76.3% 0.018 236.8)
XYZ	xyz(41.5448, 44.5976, 53.9866)
Luminance	0.4460 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8B4BC #BCB0A8

analogous

#A8BCBA #A8B4BC #A8AABC

triadic

#A8B4BC #BCA8B4 #B4BCA8

tetradic

#A8B4BC #BAA8BC #BCB0A8 #AABCA8

square

#A8B4BC #BAA8BC #BCB0A8 #AABCA8

split-complementary

#A8B4BC #BCA8AA #BCBAA8

monochromatic

#667884 #8596A1 #A8B4BC #CBD2D7 #EDF0F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#A8B4BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.92

#A8B4BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8B4BC

9.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8B4BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8B4BC	1.00	2.12	9.92	9.92
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1B4BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEB1BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A3B6B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8b4bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 180, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.018 236.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2cad0',
    500: '#a8b4bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8b4bc;
$custom-light: #c2cad0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8b4bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204,
    "s": 12.987,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76302,
    "c": 0.01765,
    "h": 236.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.44598
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8B4BC

secondary

#E3DFDD

accent

#6B4E97

background

#FBFCFC

surface

#F7F8F9

border

#D0D1D2

text

#121314

muted

#818282

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8B4BC

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

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