#A8AAE5#A8AAE5

#A8AAE5 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.427; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.084 H 282.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8AAE5
RGB	rgb(168, 170, 229)
HSL	hsl(238, 54%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(238, 27%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.6%, 25.8%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.37, 12.12, -29.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.37, 32.20, 292.11°)
OKLab	oklab(75.77% 0.0185 -0.0824)
OKLCH	oklch(75.77% 0.084 282.7)
XYZ	xyz(44.6624, 42.7304, 80.0082)
Luminance	0.4273 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8AAE5 #E5E3A8

analogous

#A8C8E5 #A8AAE5 #C4A8E5

triadic

#A8AAE5 #E5A8AA #AAE5A8

tetradic

#A8AAE5 #E5A8C8 #E5E3A8 #A8E5C4

square

#A8AAE5 #E5A8C8 #E5E3A8 #A8E5C4

split-complementary

#A8AAE5 #E5C4A8 #C8E5A8

monochromatic

#4A4EC9 #797CD7 #A8AAE5 #D7D8F3 #E7E8F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#A8AAE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.55

#A8AAE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8AAE5

9.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8AAE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8AAE5	1.00	2.20	9.55	9.55
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AB1E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97ADE3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#99B4BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8aae5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 170, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.084 282.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3c3ed',
    500: '#a8aae5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8aae5;
$custom-light: #c3c3ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8aae5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 238.033,
    "s": 53.982,
    "l": 77.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75772,
    "c": 0.08441,
    "h": 282.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.42731
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8AAE5

secondary

#EFEFDC

accent

#BC24C1

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F8F7FD

border

#D1D0D5

text

#121216

muted

#818184

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8AAE5

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

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