#A8B8D8#A8B8D8

#A8B8D8 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.476; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.049 H 264.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8B8D8
RGB	rgb(168, 184, 216)
HSL	hsl(220, 38%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(220, 22%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.2%, 14.8%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.55, 1.36, -17.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.55, 17.96, 274.34°)
OKLab	oklab(78.1% -0.0049 -0.0488)
OKLCH	oklch(78.1% 0.049 264.2)
XYZ	xyz(45.6804, 47.5625, 71.7262)
Luminance	0.4756 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8B8D8 #D8C8A8

analogous

#A8D0D8 #A8B8D8 #B0A8D8

triadic

#A8B8D8 #D8A8B8 #B8D8A8

tetradic

#A8B8D8 #D8A8D0 #D8C8A8 #A8D8B0

square

#A8B8D8 #D8A8D0 #D8C8A8 #A8D8B0

split-complementary

#A8B8D8 #D8B0A8 #D0D8A8

monochromatic

#5373B2 #7E96C5 #A8B8D8 #D2DAEB #EAEEF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#A8B8D8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.51

#A8B8D8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8B8D8

10.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8B8D8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8B8D8	1.00	2.00	10.51	10.51
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEBADA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAB5D7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9CBEC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8b8d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 184, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.049 264.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2cde4',
    500: '#a8b8d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8b8d8;
$custom-light: #c2cde4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8b8d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 220,
    "s": 38.095,
    "l": 75.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78096,
    "c": 0.04908,
    "h": 264.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.47564
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8B8D8

secondary

#ECE8DF

accent

#8834B1

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F8F9FB

border

#D1D2D4

text

#121315

muted

#818283

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8B8D8

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

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