#A8ACE7#A8ACE7

#A8ACE7 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.436; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.084 H 281.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8ACE7
RGB	rgb(168, 172, 231)
HSL	hsl(236, 57%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(236, 27%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.3%, 25.5%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.96, 11.49, -30.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.96, 32.14, 290.94°)
OKLab	oklab(76.25% 0.0164 -0.0829)
OKLCH	oklch(76.25% 0.084 281.2)
XYZ	xyz(45.3210, 43.5983, 81.6133)
Luminance	0.4360 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8ACE7 #E7E3A8

analogous

#A8CBE7 #A8ACE7 #C3A8E7

triadic

#A8ACE7 #E7A8AC #ACE7A8

tetradic

#A8ACE7 #E7A8CB #E7E3A8 #A8E7C3

square

#A8ACE7 #E7A8CB #E7E3A8 #A8E7C3

split-complementary

#A8ACE7 #E7C3A8 #CBE7A8

monochromatic

#4850CD #787EDA #A8ACE7 #D8DAF4 #E7E8F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#A8ACE7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.72

#A8ACE7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8ACE7

9.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8ACE7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8ACE7	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)

#9CB3EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99AEE5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#99B7C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8ace7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 172, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.084 281.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3c4ee',
    500: '#a8ace7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8ace7;
$custom-light: #c3c4ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8ace7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 236.19,
    "s": 56.757,
    "l": 78.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76253,
    "c": 0.08449,
    "h": 281.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.43599
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8ACE7

secondary

#F0EEDB

accent

#BA21C4

background

#FCFCFE

surface

#F8F8FD

border

#D1D1D5

text

#121216

muted

#818184

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8ACE7

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

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