#A3B8EA#A3B8EA

#A3B8EA is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.480; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.075 H 266.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A3B8EA
RGB	rgb(163, 184, 234)
HSL	hsl(222, 63%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(222, 30%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.3%, 21.4%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.83, 4.14, -27.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.83, 27.58, 278.63°)
OKLab	oklab(78.44% -0.004 -0.0752)
OKLCH	oklch(78.44% 0.075 266.9)
XYZ	xyz(47.0918, 48.0063, 84.6109)
Luminance	0.4801 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A3B8EA #EAD5A3

analogous

#A3DBEA #A3B8EA #B2A3EA

triadic

#A3B8EA #EAA3B8 #B8EAA3

tetradic

#A3B8EA #EAA3DB #EAD5A3 #A3EAB2

square

#A3B8EA #EAA3DB #EAD5A3 #A3EAB2

split-complementary

#A3B8EA #EAB2A3 #DBEAA3

monochromatic

#3F6BD3 #7192DF #A3B8EA #D5DEF5 #E6ECF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#A3B8EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.60

#A3B8EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A3B8EA

10.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A3B8EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A3B8EA	1.00	1.98	10.60	10.60
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8BCEC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2B5E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8FC2C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a3b8ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(163, 184, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.075 266.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfcdf0',
    500: '#a3b8ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a3b8ea;
$custom-light: #bfcdf0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a3b8ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 163,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 222.254,
    "s": 62.832,
    "l": 77.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78435,
    "c": 0.0753,
    "h": 266.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.48008
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A3B8EA

secondary

#F1EADA

accent

#971BCB

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F7F8FD

border

#D0D1D5

text

#121316

muted

#818284

Preview Lab

Preview with #A3B8EA

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

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