#A8AAF6#A8AAF6

#A8AAF6 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.437; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.108 H 282.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8AAF6
RGB	rgb(168, 170, 246)
HSL	hsl(238, 81%, 81%)
HSV	hsv(238, 32%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.7%, 30.9%, 0%, 3.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.05, 16.31, -38.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.05, 41.39, 293.21°)
OKLab	oklab(76.52% 0.0232 -0.1058)
OKLCH	oklch(76.52% 0.108 282.4)
XYZ	xyz(47.1532, 43.7267, 93.1266)
Luminance	0.4373 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8AAF6 #F6F4A8

analogous

#A8D1F6 #A8AAF6 #CDA8F6

triadic

#A8AAF6 #F6A8AA #AAF6A8

tetradic

#A8AAF6 #F6A8D1 #F6F4A8 #A8F6CD

square

#A8AAF6 #F6A8D1 #F6F4A8 #A8F6CD

split-complementary

#A8AAF6 #F6CDA8 #D1F6A8

monochromatic

#393EEB #7174F0 #A8AAF6 #DFE0FC #E3E4FC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#A8AAF6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.75

#A8AAF6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8AAF6

9.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8AAF6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8AAF6	1.00	2.15	9.75	9.75
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93B3F9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90AEF4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#94B8C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8aaf6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 170, 246);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.108 282.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4c3f9',
    500: '#a8aaf6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8aaf6;
$custom-light: #c4c3f9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8aaf6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 246
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 238.462,
    "s": 81.25,
    "l": 81.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76515,
    "c": 0.10834,
    "h": 282.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.43728
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8AAF6

secondary

#F4F3D7

accent

#D808DE

background

#FCFBFF

surface

#F8F7FF

border

#D1D0D7

text

#131217

muted

#828185

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8AAF6

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

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