#A8AAE2#A8AAE2

#A8AAE2 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.426; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.080 H 282.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8AAE2
RGB	rgb(168, 170, 226)
HSL	hsl(238, 50%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(238, 26%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.7%, 24.8%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.26, 11.40, -28.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.26, 30.58, 291.89°)
OKLab	oklab(75.65% 0.0176 -0.0782)
OKLCH	oklch(75.65% 0.08 282.7)
XYZ	xyz(44.2471, 42.5643, 77.8213)
Luminance	0.4256 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8AAE2 #E2E0A8

analogous

#A8C7E2 #A8AAE2 #C3A8E2

triadic

#A8AAE2 #E2A8AA #AAE2A8

tetradic

#A8AAE2 #E2A8C7 #E2E0A8 #A8E2C3

square

#A8AAE2 #E2A8C7 #E2E0A8 #A8E2C3

split-complementary

#A8AAE2 #E2C3A8 #C7E2A8

monochromatic

#4C50C3 #7A7DD3 #A8AAE2 #D6D7F1 #E8E9F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#A8AAE2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.51

#A8AAE2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8AAE2

9.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8AAE2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8AAE2	1.00	2.21	9.51	9.51
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BB0E4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99ADE1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9AB4BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8aae2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 170, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.080 282.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3c3eb',
    500: '#a8aae2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8aae2;
$custom-light: #c3c3eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8aae2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 237.931,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 77.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75647,
    "c": 0.08016,
    "h": 282.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.42565
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8AAE2

secondary

#EEEEDD

accent

#B828BD

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F8F7FD

border

#D1D0D5

text

#121216

muted

#818184

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8AAE2

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

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