#A8AAF4#A8AAF4

#A8AAF4 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.436; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.106 H 282.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8AAF4
RGB	rgb(168, 170, 244)
HSL	hsl(238, 78%, 81%)
HSV	hsv(238, 31%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.1%, 30.3%, 0%, 4.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.96, 15.81, -37.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.96, 40.31, 293.09°)
OKLab	oklab(76.43% 0.0227 -0.1031)
OKLCH	oklch(76.43% 0.106 282.4)
XYZ	xyz(46.8479, 43.6046, 91.5186)
Luminance	0.4361 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8AAF4 #F4F2A8

analogous

#A8D0F4 #A8AAF4 #CCA8F4

triadic

#A8AAF4 #F4A8AA #AAF4A8

tetradic

#A8AAF4 #F4A8D0 #F4F2A8 #A8F4CC

square

#A8AAF4 #F4A8D0 #F4F2A8 #A8F4CC

split-complementary

#A8AAF4 #F4CCA8 #D0F4A8

monochromatic

#3B40E6 #7275ED #A8AAF4 #DEDFFB #E4E4FC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#A8AAF4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.72

#A8AAF4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8AAF4

9.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8AAF4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8AAF4	1.00	2.16	9.72	9.72
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94B3F7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91AEF2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#95B8C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8aaf4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 170, 244);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.106 282.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3c3f8',
    500: '#a8aaf4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8aaf4;
$custom-light: #c3c3f8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8aaf4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 244
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 238.421,
    "s": 77.551,
    "l": 80.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76425,
    "c": 0.10554,
    "h": 282.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.43606
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8AAF4

secondary

#F3F3D8

accent

#D40CDA

background

#FCFBFF

surface

#F8F7FF

border

#D1D0D7

text

#131217

muted

#828185

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8AAF4

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

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