#A8B4C8#A8B4C8

#A8B4C8 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.451; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.032 H 260.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8B4C8
RGB	rgb(168, 180, 200)
HSL	hsl(218, 23%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(218, 16%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(16%, 10%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.98, -0.03, -11.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.98, 11.53, 269.87°)
OKLab	oklab(76.7% -0.0051 -0.0312)
OKLCH	oklch(76.7% 0.032 260.7)
XYZ	xyz(42.8925, 45.1367, 61.0848)
Luminance	0.4514 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8B4C8 #C8BCA8

analogous

#A8C4C8 #A8B4C8 #ACA8C8

triadic

#A8B4C8 #C8A8B4 #B4C8A8

tetradic

#A8B4C8 #C8A8C4 #C8BCA8 #A8C8AC

square

#A8B4C8 #C8A8C4 #C8BCA8 #A8C8AC

split-complementary

#A8B4C8 #C8ACA8 #C4C8A8

monochromatic

#5F7496 #8394B0 #A8B4C8 #CDD4E0 #ECEFF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#A8B4C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.03

#A8B4C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8B4C8

10.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8B4C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8B4C8	1.00	2.09	10.03	10.03
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEB5C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABB2C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A0B8BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8b4c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 180, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.032 260.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2cad8',
    500: '#a8b4c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8b4c8;
$custom-light: #c2cad8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8b4c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 217.5,
    "s": 22.535,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76699,
    "c": 0.03162,
    "h": 260.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.45137
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8B4C8

secondary

#EAE7E1

accent

#7E45A1

background

#FBFCFD

surface

#F7F8FA

border

#D0D1D3

text

#121314

muted

#818283

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8B4C8

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

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