#A8AADD#A8AADD

#A8AADD is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.423; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.073 H 282.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8AADD
RGB	rgb(168, 170, 221)
HSL	hsl(238, 44%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(238, 24%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(24%, 23.1%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.07, 10.21, -25.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.07, 27.86, 291.51°)
OKLab	oklab(75.44% 0.0161 -0.0712)
OKLCH	oklch(75.44% 0.073 282.7)
XYZ	xyz(43.5710, 42.2939, 74.2605)
Luminance	0.4229 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8AADD #DDDBA8

analogous

#A8C5DD #A8AADD #C1A8DD

triadic

#A8AADD #DDA8AA #AADDA8

tetradic

#A8AADD #DDA8C5 #DDDBA8 #A8DDC1

square

#A8AADD #DDA8C5 #DDDBA8 #A8DDC1

split-complementary

#A8AADD #DDC1A8 #C5DDA8

monochromatic

#5054BB #7C7FCC #A8AADD #D4D5EE #E9EAF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#A8AADD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.46

#A8AADD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8AADD

9.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8AADD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8AADD	1.00	2.22	9.46	9.46
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CB0DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AACDC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9CB3BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8aadd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 170, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.073 282.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2c3e7',
    500: '#a8aadd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8aadd;
$custom-light: #c2c3e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8aadd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 237.736,
    "s": 43.802,
    "l": 76.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75442,
    "c": 0.07305,
    "h": 282.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.42295
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8AADD

secondary

#EDEDDE

accent

#B22FB7

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F8F7FC

border

#D1D0D5

text

#121216

muted

#818184

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8AADD

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

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