#A8BABE#A8BABE

#A8BABE is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.472; OKLCH L 77.6% C 0.021 H 212.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8BABE
RGB	rgb(168, 186, 190)
HSL	hsl(191, 14%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(191, 12%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.6%, 2.1%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.29, -5.35, -4.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.29, 6.76, 217.63°)
OKLab	oklab(77.63% -0.0174 -0.0111)
OKLCH	oklch(77.63% 0.021 212.6)
XYZ	xyz(42.9994, 47.1596, 55.5425)
Luminance	0.4716 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8BABE #BEACA8

analogous

#A8BEB7 #A8BABE #A8AFBE

triadic

#A8BABE #BEA8BA #BABEA8

tetradic

#A8BABE #B7A8BE #BEACA8 #AFBEA8

square

#A8BABE #B7A8BE #BEACA8 #AFBEA8

split-complementary

#A8BABE #BEA8AF #BEB7A8

monochromatic

#658187 #859EA4 #A8BABE #CBD6D8 #EDF1F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#A8BABE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.43

#A8BABE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8BABE

10.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8BABE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8BABE	1.00	2.01	10.43	10.43
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7B8BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3B5BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A2BCBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8babe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 186, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.021 212.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2ced1',
    500: '#a8babe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8babe;
$custom-light: #c2ced1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8babe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.909,
    "s": 14.474,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77633,
    "c": 0.02068,
    "h": 212.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.4716
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8BABE

secondary

#E4DFDE

accent

#5B4D99

background

#FBFCFC

surface

#F7F9F9

border

#D0D2D2

text

#121314

muted

#818282

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8BABE

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

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