#A8B6BC#A8B6BC

#A8B6BC is a light, near-neutral cyan. Relative luminance 0.454; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.018 H 225.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8B6BC
RGB	rgb(168, 182, 188)
HSL	hsl(198, 13%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(198, 11%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.6%, 3.2%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.16, -3.63, -4.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.16, 5.94, 232.36°)
OKLab	oklab(76.72% -0.0125 -0.0126)
OKLCH	oklch(76.72% 0.018 225.3)
XYZ	xyz(41.9514, 45.4109, 54.1222)
Luminance	0.4541 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8B6BC #BCAEA8

analogous

#A8BCB8 #A8B6BC #A8ACBC

triadic

#A8B6BC #BCA8B6 #B6BCA8

tetradic

#A8B6BC #B8A8BC #BCAEA8 #ACBCA8

square

#A8B6BC #B8A8BC #BCAEA8 #ACBCA8

split-complementary

#A8B6BC #BCA8AC #BCB8A8

monochromatic

#667B84 #8599A1 #A8B6BC #CBD3D7 #EDF0F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#A8B6BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.08

#A8B6BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8B6BC

10.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8B6BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8B6BC	1.00	2.08	10.08	10.08
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3B5BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0B3BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A3B8B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8b6bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 182, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.018 225.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2cbd0',
    500: '#a8b6bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8b6bc;
$custom-light: #c2cbd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8b6bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198,
    "s": 12.987,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76723,
    "c": 0.01781,
    "h": 225.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.45412
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8B6BC

secondary

#E3DFDD

accent

#644E97

background

#FBFCFC

surface

#F7F8F9

border

#D0D1D2

text

#121314

muted

#818282

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8B6BC

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

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