#A8B4BE#A8B4BE

#A8B4BE is a light, near-neutral cyan. Relative luminance 0.447; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.020 H 243.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8B4BE
RGB	rgb(168, 180, 190)
HSL	hsl(207, 14%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(207, 12%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.6%, 5.3%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.68, -2.14, -6.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.68, 6.85, 251.79°)
OKLab	oklab(76.37% -0.0089 -0.0175)
OKLCH	oklch(76.37% 0.02 243)
XYZ	xyz(41.7619, 44.6844, 55.1300)
Luminance	0.4469 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8B4BE #BEB2A8

analogous

#A8BEBD #A8B4BE #A8A9BE

triadic

#A8B4BE #BEA8B4 #B4BEA8

tetradic

#A8B4BE #BDA8BE #BEB2A8 #A9BEA8

square

#A8B4BE #BDA8BE #BEB2A8 #A9BEA8

split-complementary

#A8B4BE #BEA8A9 #BEBDA8

monochromatic

#657787 #8596A4 #A8B4BE #CBD2D8 #EDF0F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#A8B4BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.94

#A8B4BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8B4BE

9.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8B4BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8B4BE	1.00	2.11	9.94	9.94
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0B4BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADB1BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A3B6B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8b4be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 180, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.020 243.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2cad1',
    500: '#a8b4be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8b4be;
$custom-light: #c2cad1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8b4be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.273,
    "s": 14.474,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76366,
    "c": 0.01963,
    "h": 243
  },
  "luminance": 0.44685
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8B4BE

secondary

#E4E1DE

accent

#6F4D99

background

#FBFCFC

surface

#F7F8F9

border

#D0D1D2

text

#121314

muted

#818282

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8B4BE

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

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