#A8AAE6#A8AAE6

#A8AAE6 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.428; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.086 H 282.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8AAE6
RGB	rgb(168, 170, 230)
HSL	hsl(238, 55%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(238, 27%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(27%, 26.1%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.41, 12.36, -30.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.41, 32.75, 292.18°)
OKLab	oklab(75.81% 0.0188 -0.0837)
OKLCH	oklch(75.81% 0.086 282.7)
XYZ	xyz(44.8024, 42.7864, 80.7457)
Luminance	0.4279 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8AAE6 #E6E4A8

analogous

#A8C9E6 #A8AAE6 #C5A8E6

triadic

#A8AAE6 #E6A8AA #AAE6A8

tetradic

#A8AAE6 #E6A8C9 #E6E4A8 #A8E6C5

square

#A8AAE6 #E6A8C9 #E6E4A8 #A8E6C5

split-complementary

#A8AAE6 #E6C5A8 #C9E6A8

monochromatic

#494DCB #787CD8 #A8AAE6 #D8D8F4 #E7E8F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#A8AAE6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.56

#A8AAE6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8AAE6

9.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8AAE6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8AAE6	1.00	2.20	9.56	9.56
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99B1E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97ADE4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#99B5BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8aae6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 170, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.086 282.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3c3ee',
    500: '#a8aae6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8aae6;
$custom-light: #c3c3ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8aae6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 238.065,
    "s": 55.357,
    "l": 78.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75814,
    "c": 0.08583,
    "h": 282.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.42787
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8AAE6

secondary

#EFEFDC

accent

#BE23C3

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F8F7FD

border

#D1D0D5

text

#121216

muted

#818184

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8AAE6

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

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