#A8AAEA#A8AAEA

#A8AAEA is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.430; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.091 H 282.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8AAEA
RGB	rgb(168, 170, 234)
HSL	hsl(238, 61%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(238, 28%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.2%, 27.4%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.56, 13.33, -32.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.56, 34.91, 292.45°)
OKLab	oklab(75.99% 0.02 -0.0893)
OKLCH	oklch(75.99% 0.091 282.6)
XYZ	xyz(45.3706, 43.0137, 83.7380)
Luminance	0.4301 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8AAEA #EAE8A8

analogous

#A8CBEA #A8AAEA #C7A8EA

triadic

#A8AAEA #EAA8AA #AAEAA8

tetradic

#A8AAEA #EAA8CB #EAE8A8 #A8EAC7

square

#A8AAEA #EAA8CB #EAE8A8 #A8EAC7

split-complementary

#A8AAEA #EAC7A8 #CBEAA8

monochromatic

#454AD2 #777ADE #A8AAEA #D9DAF6 #E6E7F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#A8AAEA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.60

#A8AAEA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8AAEA

9.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8AAEA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8AAEA	1.00	2.19	9.60	9.60
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98B2ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95ADE8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#98B5C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8aaea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 170, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.091 282.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3c3f1',
    500: '#a8aaea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8aaea;
$custom-light: #c3c3f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8aaea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 238.182,
    "s": 61.111,
    "l": 78.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75985,
    "c": 0.09147,
    "h": 282.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.43015
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8AAEA

secondary

#F0F0DB

accent

#C41DC9

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F8F7FD

border

#D1D0D5

text

#131216

muted

#828184

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8AAEA

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

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