#A0ADE4#A0ADE4

#A0ADE4 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.430; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.081 H 274.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A0ADE4
RGB	rgb(160, 173, 228)
HSL	hsl(229, 56%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(229, 30%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.8%, 24.1%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.53, 7.87, -29.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.53, 30.14, 285.13°)
OKLab	oklab(75.74% 0.0057 -0.0804)
OKLCH	oklch(75.74% 0.081 274)
XYZ	xyz(43.4405, 42.9608, 79.3872)
Luminance	0.4296 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A0ADE4 #E4D7A0

analogous

#A0CFE4 #A0ADE4 #B5A0E4

triadic

#A0ADE4 #E4A0AD #ADE4A0

tetradic

#A0ADE4 #E4A0CF #E4D7A0 #A0E4B5

square

#A0ADE4 #E4A0CF #E4D7A0 #A0E4B5

split-complementary

#A0ADE4 #E4B5A0 #CFE4A0

monochromatic

#415BC9 #7084D6 #A0ADE4 #D0D6F2 #E7EAF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#A0ADE4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.59

#A0ADE4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A0ADE4

9.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A0ADE4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A0ADE4	1.00	2.19	9.59	9.59
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CB2E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98ADE3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8EB7C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a0ade4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 173, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.081 274.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdc5ec',
    500: '#a0ade4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a0ade4;
$custom-light: #bdc5ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a0ade4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 228.529,
    "s": 55.738,
    "l": 76.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75736,
    "c": 0.08058,
    "h": 274
  },
  "luminance": 0.42962
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A0ADE4

secondary

#EFECDC

accent

#A422C3

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F7F8FD

border

#D0D1D5

text

#121216

muted

#818184

Preview Lab

Preview with #A0ADE4

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

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