#A8AAE8#A8AAE8

#A8AAE8 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.429; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.089 H 282.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8AAE8
RGB	rgb(168, 170, 232)
HSL	hsl(238, 58%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(238, 28%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.6%, 26.7%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.49, 12.85, -31.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.49, 33.83, 292.32°)
OKLab	oklab(75.9% 0.0194 -0.0865)
OKLCH	oklch(75.9% 0.089 282.6)
XYZ	xyz(45.0849, 42.8994, 82.2333)
Luminance	0.4290 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8AAE8 #E8E6A8

analogous

#A8CAE8 #A8AAE8 #C6A8E8

triadic

#A8AAE8 #E8A8AA #AAE8A8

tetradic

#A8AAE8 #E8A8CA #E8E6A8 #A8E8C6

square

#A8AAE8 #E8A8CA #E8E6A8 #A8E8C6

split-complementary

#A8AAE8 #E8C6A8 #CAE8A8

monochromatic

#474BCE #787BDB #A8AAE8 #D8D9F5 #E7E7F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#A8AAE8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.58

#A8AAE8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8AAE8

9.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8AAE8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8AAE8	1.00	2.19	9.58	9.58
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99B1EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96ADE6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#99B5C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8aae8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 170, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.089 282.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3c3ef',
    500: '#a8aae8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8aae8;
$custom-light: #c3c3ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8aae8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 238.125,
    "s": 58.182,
    "l": 78.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75899,
    "c": 0.08866,
    "h": 282.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.429
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8AAE8

secondary

#F0EFDB

accent

#C120C6

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F8F7FD

border

#D1D0D5

text

#121216

muted

#818184

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8AAE8

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

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