#A8B4CC#A8B4CC

#A8B4CC is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.453; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.037 H 264.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8B4CC
RGB	rgb(168, 180, 204)
HSL	hsl(220, 26%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(220, 18%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.6%, 11.8%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.11, 0.85, -13.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.11, 13.56, 273.57°)
OKLab	oklab(76.84% -0.0036 -0.0367)
OKLCH	oklch(76.84% 0.037 264.3)
XYZ	xyz(43.3661, 45.3261, 63.5791)
Luminance	0.4533 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8B4CC #CCC0A8

analogous

#A8C6CC #A8B4CC #AEA8CC

triadic

#A8B4CC #CCA8B4 #B4CCA8

tetradic

#A8B4CC #CCA8C6 #CCC0A8 #A8CCAE

square

#A8B4CC #CCA8C6 #CCC0A8 #A8CCAE

split-complementary

#A8B4CC #CCAEA8 #C6CCA8

monochromatic

#5C729D #8193B5 #A8B4CC #CFD5E3 #ECEEF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#A8B4CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.07

#A8B4CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8B4CC

10.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8B4CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8B4CC	1.00	2.09	10.07	10.07
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADB5CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9B2CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9FB9BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8b4cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 180, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.037 264.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2cadb',
    500: '#a8b4cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8b4cc;
$custom-light: #c2cadb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8b4cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 220,
    "s": 26.087,
    "l": 72.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76838,
    "c": 0.03689,
    "h": 264.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.45327
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8B4CC

secondary

#EAE7E1

accent

#8341A5

background

#FBFCFD

surface

#F7F8FB

border

#D0D1D4

text

#121315

muted

#818283

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8B4CC

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

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