#A8AFBD
A light, muted blue closely aligning with Darkgray.
About #A8AFBD
At its core, #A8AFBD is a light and muted hue. Its closest recognized web color is Darkgray. To achieve this exact tint on a monitor, you would use an RGB mix of 168, 175, and 189.
If you are designing for print, the four-color process is what matters most. To reproduce this shade on paper, a printer utilizes 11% cyan and 7% magenta inks. The HSL representation is 220.0° hue, 13.7% saturation, and 70.0% lightness.
Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) dictate how we should use this color. The calculated luminance score dictates that #000000 typography is the safest choice. Be sure to check our contrast matrix below to see exactly how it performs against common backgrounds.
Color Space Conversions
HEX#A8AFBD
RGB168, 175, 189
HSL220.0°, 13.7%, 70.0%
CMYK11%, 7%, 0%, 26%
HSV220.0°, 11.1%, 74.1%
LAB71.3, 0.4, -8.0
XYZ40.7, 42.7, 54.2
Decimal11055037
Color Harmonies
Tints, Shades & Tones
Tints (Adding White)
Shades (Adding Black)
WCAG Contrast Accessibility
2.20:1
Text on #FFFFFF
FAIL
9.53:1
Text on #000000
AAA
2.11:1
Text on #F8FAFC
FAIL
8.10:1
Text on #0F172A
AAA
CSS Implementation
.bg-color {
background-color: #A8AFBD;
}
.text-color {
color: #A8AFBD;
}
.border-color {
border: 2px solid #A8AFBD;
}