#A8AAE3#A8AAE3

#A8AAE3 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.426; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.082 H 282.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8AAE3
RGB	rgb(168, 170, 227)
HSL	hsl(238, 51%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(238, 26%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(26%, 25.1%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.30, 11.64, -28.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.30, 31.12, 291.96°)
OKLab	oklab(75.69% 0.0179 -0.0796)
OKLCH	oklch(75.69% 0.082 282.7)
XYZ	xyz(44.3847, 42.6193, 78.5460)
Luminance	0.4262 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8AAE3 #E3E1A8

analogous

#A8C8E3 #A8AAE3 #C3A8E3

triadic

#A8AAE3 #E3A8AA #AAE3A8

tetradic

#A8AAE3 #E3A8C8 #E3E1A8 #A8E3C3

square

#A8AAE3 #E3A8C8 #E3E1A8 #A8E3C3

split-complementary

#A8AAE3 #E3C3A8 #C8E3A8

monochromatic

#4B50C5 #7A7DD4 #A8AAE3 #D6D7F2 #E8E8F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#A8AAE3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.52

#A8AAE3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8AAE3

9.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8AAE3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8AAE3	1.00	2.20	9.52	9.52
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AB1E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98ADE2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9AB4BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8aae3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 170, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.082 282.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3c3ec',
    500: '#a8aae3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8aae3;
$custom-light: #c3c3ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8aae3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 237.966,
    "s": 51.304,
    "l": 77.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75688,
    "c": 0.08157,
    "h": 282.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.4262
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8AAE3

secondary

#EFEEDC

accent

#BA27BF

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F8F7FD

border

#D1D0D5

text

#121216

muted

#818184

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8AAE3

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

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