#A8AADE#A8AADE

#A8AADE is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.423; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.074 H 282.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8AADE
RGB	rgb(168, 170, 222)
HSL	hsl(238, 45%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(238, 24%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.3%, 23.4%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.11, 10.45, -26.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.11, 28.40, 291.59°)
OKLab	oklab(75.48% 0.0164 -0.0726)
OKLCH	oklch(75.48% 0.074 282.7)
XYZ	xyz(43.7047, 42.3473, 74.9643)
Luminance	0.4235 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8AADE #DEDCA8

analogous

#A8C5DE #A8AADE #C1A8DE

triadic

#A8AADE #DEA8AA #AADEA8

tetradic

#A8AADE #DEA8C5 #DEDCA8 #A8DEC1

square

#A8AADE #DEA8C5 #DEDCA8 #A8DEC1

split-complementary

#A8AADE #DEC1A8 #C5DEA8

monochromatic

#4F53BC #7C7FCD #A8AADE #D4D5EF #E9E9F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#A8AADE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.47

#A8AADE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8AADE

9.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8AADE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8AADE	1.00	2.22	9.47	9.47
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CB0E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AACDD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9CB3BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8aade;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 170, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.074 282.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2c3e8',
    500: '#a8aade',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8aade;
$custom-light: #c2c3e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8aade",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 237.778,
    "s": 45,
    "l": 76.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75482,
    "c": 0.07447,
    "h": 282.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.42348
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8AADE

secondary

#EEEDDD

accent

#B32DB8

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F8F7FC

border

#D1D0D5

text

#121216

muted

#818184

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8AADE

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

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