#A8BAC0#A8BAC0

#A8BAC0 is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.472; OKLCH L 77.7% C 0.022 H 219.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8BAC0
RGB	rgb(168, 186, 192)
HSL	hsl(195, 16%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(195, 13%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.5%, 3.1%, 0%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.35, -4.94, -5.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.35, 7.13, 226.10°)
OKLab	oklab(77.7% -0.0166 -0.0138)
OKLCH	oklch(77.7% 0.022 219.8)
XYZ	xyz(43.2195, 47.2476, 56.7016)
Luminance	0.4725 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8BAC0 #C0AEA8

analogous

#A8C0BA #A8BAC0 #A8AEC0

triadic

#A8BAC0 #C0A8BA #BAC0A8

tetradic

#A8BAC0 #BAA8C0 #C0AEA8 #AEC0A8

square

#A8BAC0 #BAA8C0 #C0AEA8 #AEC0A8

split-complementary

#A8BAC0 #C0A8AE #C0BAA8

monochromatic

#64808A #859EA6 #A8BAC0 #CBD6DA #EDF1F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#A8BAC0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.45

#A8BAC0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8BAC0

10.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8BAC0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8BAC0	1.00	2.01	10.45	10.45
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6B9C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2B5C0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A2BCBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8bac0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 186, 192);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.7% 0.022 219.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2ced3',
    500: '#a8bac0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8bac0;
$custom-light: #c2ced3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8bac0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 192
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195,
    "s": 16,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77696,
    "c": 0.02164,
    "h": 219.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.47248
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8BAC0

secondary

#E5E0DF

accent

#5F4B9A

background

#FBFCFC

surface

#F7F9F9

border

#D0D2D2

text

#121314

muted

#818282

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8BAC0

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

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