#A8B6BE#A8B6BE

#A8B6BE is a light, near-neutral cyan. Relative luminance 0.455; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.019 H 232.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8B6BE
RGB	rgb(168, 182, 190)
HSL	hsl(202, 14%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(202, 12%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.6%, 4.2%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.22, -3.22, -5.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.22, 6.55, 240.62°)
OKLab	oklab(76.79% -0.0117 -0.0154)
OKLCH	oklch(76.79% 0.019 232.6)
XYZ	xyz(42.1685, 45.4978, 55.2655)
Luminance	0.4550 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8B6BE #BEB0A8

analogous

#A8BEBB #A8B6BE #A8ABBE

triadic

#A8B6BE #BEA8B6 #B6BEA8

tetradic

#A8B6BE #BBA8BE #BEB0A8 #ABBEA8

square

#A8B6BE #BBA8BE #BEB0A8 #ABBEA8

split-complementary

#A8B6BE #BEA8AB #BEBBA8

monochromatic

#657A87 #8599A4 #A8B6BE #CBD3D8 #EDF0F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#A8B6BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.10

#A8B6BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8B6BE

10.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8B6BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8B6BE	1.00	2.08	10.10	10.10
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2B5BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFB3BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A2B8B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8b6be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 182, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.019 232.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2cbd1',
    500: '#a8b6be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8b6be;
$custom-light: #c2cbd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8b6be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.818,
    "s": 14.474,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76787,
    "c": 0.01935,
    "h": 232.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.45498
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8B6BE

secondary

#E4E0DE

accent

#684D99

background

#FBFCFC

surface

#F7F8F9

border

#D0D1D2

text

#121314

muted

#818282

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8B6BE

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

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