#A8AAE9#A8AAE9

#A8AAE9 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.430; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.090 H 282.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8AAE9
RGB	rgb(168, 170, 233)
HSL	hsl(238, 60%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(238, 28%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.9%, 27%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.53, 13.09, -31.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.53, 34.37, 292.38°)
OKLab	oklab(75.94% 0.0197 -0.0879)
OKLCH	oklch(75.94% 0.09 282.6)
XYZ	xyz(45.2273, 42.9564, 82.9835)
Luminance	0.4296 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8AAE9 #E9E7A8

analogous

#A8CAE9 #A8AAE9 #C6A8E9

triadic

#A8AAE9 #E9A8AA #AAE9A8

tetradic

#A8AAE9 #E9A8CA #E9E7A8 #A8E9C6

square

#A8AAE9 #E9A8CA #E9E7A8 #A8E9C6

split-complementary

#A8AAE9 #E9C6A8 #CAE9A8

monochromatic

#464BD0 #777ADD #A8AAE9 #D9DAF5 #E7E7F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#A8AAE9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.59

#A8AAE9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8AAE9

9.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8AAE9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8AAE9	1.00	2.19	9.59	9.59
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98B1EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96ADE7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#98B5C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8aae9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 170, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.090 282.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3c3f0',
    500: '#a8aae9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8aae9;
$custom-light: #c3c3f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8aae9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 238.154,
    "s": 59.633,
    "l": 78.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75942,
    "c": 0.09007,
    "h": 282.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.42957
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8AAE9

secondary

#F0EFDB

accent

#C21EC7

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F8F7FD

border

#D1D0D5

text

#121216

muted

#818184

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8AAE9

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

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