#A8BBDC#A8BBDC

#A8BBDC is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.490; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.052 H 261.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8BBDC
RGB	rgb(168, 187, 220)
HSL	hsl(218, 43%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(218, 24%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.6%, 15%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.47, 0.65, -18.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.47, 18.69, 271.99°)
OKLab	oklab(78.86% -0.0076 -0.051)
OKLCH	oklch(78.86% 0.052 261.5)
XYZ	xyz(46.8336, 49.0315, 74.6928)
Luminance	0.4903 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8BBDC #DCC9A8

analogous

#A8D5DC #A8BBDC #AFA8DC

triadic

#A8BBDC #DCA8BB #BBDCA8

tetradic

#A8BBDC #DCA8D5 #DCC9A8 #A8DCAF

square

#A8BBDC #DCA8D5 #DCC9A8 #A8DCAF

split-complementary

#A8BBDC #DCAFA8 #D5DCA8

monochromatic

#5177B9 #7C99CA #A8BBDC #D4DDEE #E9EEF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#A8BBDC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.81

#A8BBDC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8BBDC

10.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8BBDC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8BBDC	1.00	1.94	10.81	10.81
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0BDDE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABB8DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9BC2C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8bbdc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 187, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.052 261.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2cfe7',
    500: '#a8bbdc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8bbdc;
$custom-light: #c2cfe7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8bbdc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 218.077,
    "s": 42.623,
    "l": 76.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78863,
    "c": 0.05158,
    "h": 261.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.49033
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8BBDC

secondary

#EDE8DE

accent

#8530B6

background

#FCFCFE

surface

#F8F9FC

border

#D1D2D5

text

#121316

muted

#818284

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8BBDC

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

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