#A8BBDB#A8BBDB

#A8BBDB is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.490; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.050 H 260.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8BBDB
RGB	rgb(168, 187, 219)
HSL	hsl(218, 41%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(218, 23%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.3%, 14.6%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.44, 0.42, -18.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.44, 18.19, 271.32°)
OKLab	oklab(78.83% -0.008 -0.0496)
OKLCH	oklch(78.83% 0.05 260.9)
XYZ	xyz(46.7015, 48.9787, 73.9973)
Luminance	0.4898 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8BBDB #DBC8A8

analogous

#A8D4DB #A8BBDB #AEA8DB

triadic

#A8BBDB #DBA8BB #BBDBA8

tetradic

#A8BBDB #DBA8D4 #DBC8A8 #A8DBAE

square

#A8BBDB #DBA8D4 #DBC8A8 #A8DBAE

split-complementary

#A8BBDB #DBAEA8 #D4DBA8

monochromatic

#5177B7 #7D99C9 #A8BBDB #D3DDED #E9EEF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#A8BBDB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.80

#A8BBDB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8BBDB

10.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8BBDB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8BBDB	1.00	1.95	10.80	10.80
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1BCDD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACB8DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9BC2C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8bbdb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 187, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.050 260.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2cfe6',
    500: '#a8bbdb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8bbdb;
$custom-light: #c2cfe6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8bbdb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 217.647,
    "s": 41.463,
    "l": 75.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78826,
    "c": 0.05028,
    "h": 260.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.4898
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8BBDB

secondary

#EDE7DE

accent

#8431B5

background

#FCFCFE

surface

#F8F9FC

border

#D1D2D5

text

#121315

muted

#818284

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8BBDB

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →