#A8BCDB#A8BCDB

#A8BCDB is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.494; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.049 H 259.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8BCDB
RGB	rgb(168, 188, 219)
HSL	hsl(216, 41%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(216, 23%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.3%, 14.2%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.70, -0.12, -17.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.70, 17.79, 269.61°)
OKLab	oklab(79.03% -0.0093 -0.0485)
OKLCH	oklch(79.03% 0.049 259.1)
XYZ	xyz(46.9144, 49.4044, 74.0683)
Luminance	0.4941 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8BCDB #DBC7A8

analogous

#A8D5DB #A8BCDB #ADA8DB

triadic

#A8BCDB #DBA8BC #BCDBA8

tetradic

#A8BCDB #DBA8D5 #DBC7A8 #A8DBAD

square

#A8BCDB #DBA8D5 #DBC7A8 #A8DBAD

split-complementary

#A8BCDB #DBADA8 #D5DBA8

monochromatic

#5179B7 #7D9BC9 #A8BCDB #D3DDED #E9EEF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#A8BCDB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.88

#A8BCDB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8BCDB

10.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8BCDB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8BCDB	1.00	1.93	10.88	10.88
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2BDDD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACB8DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9BC2C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8bcdb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 188, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.049 259.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2d0e6',
    500: '#a8bcdb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8bcdb;
$custom-light: #c2d0e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8bcdb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216.471,
    "s": 41.463,
    "l": 75.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79034,
    "c": 0.04942,
    "h": 259.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.49406
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8BCDB

secondary

#EDE7DE

accent

#8131B5

background

#FCFCFE

surface

#F8F9FC

border

#D1D2D5

text

#121315

muted

#818284

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8BCDB

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

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