#A8AAE7#A8AAE7

#A8AAE7 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.428; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.087 H 282.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8AAE7
RGB	rgb(168, 170, 231)
HSL	hsl(238, 57%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(238, 27%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.3%, 26.4%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.45, 12.60, -30.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.45, 33.29, 292.25°)
OKLab	oklab(75.86% 0.0191 -0.0851)
OKLCH	oklch(75.86% 0.087 282.6)
XYZ	xyz(44.9432, 42.8427, 81.4874)
Luminance	0.4284 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8AAE7 #E7E5A8

analogous

#A8C9E7 #A8AAE7 #C5A8E7

triadic

#A8AAE7 #E7A8AA #AAE7A8

tetradic

#A8AAE7 #E7A8C9 #E7E5A8 #A8E7C5

square

#A8AAE7 #E7A8C9 #E7E5A8 #A8E7C5

split-complementary

#A8AAE7 #E7C5A8 #C9E7A8

monochromatic

#484CCD #787BDA #A8AAE7 #D8D9F4 #E7E8F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#A8AAE7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.57

#A8AAE7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8AAE7

9.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8AAE7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8AAE7	1.00	2.19	9.57	9.57
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99B1EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97ADE5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#99B5BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8aae7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 170, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.087 282.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3c3ee',
    500: '#a8aae7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8aae7;
$custom-light: #c3c3ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8aae7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 238.095,
    "s": 56.757,
    "l": 78.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75857,
    "c": 0.08724,
    "h": 282.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.42844
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8AAE7

secondary

#F0EFDB

accent

#BF21C4

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F8F7FD

border

#D1D0D5

text

#121216

muted

#818184

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8AAE7

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

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