#A8ADD9#A8ADD9

#A8ADD9 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.432; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.063 H 279.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8ADD9
RGB	rgb(168, 173, 217)
HSL	hsl(234, 39%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(234, 23%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.6%, 20.3%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.70, 7.62, -22.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.70, 24.01, 288.50°)
OKLab	oklab(75.89% 0.0107 -0.0624)
OKLCH	oklch(75.89% 0.063 279.7)
XYZ	xyz(43.6133, 43.2208, 71.6768)
Luminance	0.4322 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8ADD9 #D9D4A8

analogous

#A8C5D9 #A8ADD9 #BBA8D9

triadic

#A8ADD9 #D9A8AD #ADD9A8

tetradic

#A8ADD9 #D9A8C5 #D9D4A8 #A8D9BB

square

#A8ADD9 #D9A8C5 #D9D4A8 #A8D9BB

split-complementary

#A8ADD9 #D9BBA8 #C5D9A8

monochromatic

#535DB4 #7D85C6 #A8ADD9 #D3D5EC #EAEBF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#A8ADD9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.64

#A8ADD9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8ADD9

9.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8ADD9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8ADD9	1.00	2.18	9.64	9.64
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1B1DB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FAED8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9DB5BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8add9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 173, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.063 279.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2c5e4',
    500: '#a8add9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8add9;
$custom-light: #c2c5e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8add9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 233.878,
    "s": 39.2,
    "l": 75.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75886,
    "c": 0.06327,
    "h": 279.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.43222
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8ADD9

secondary

#ECEBDF

accent

#A533B2

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F8F8FB

border

#D1D1D4

text

#121215

muted

#818183

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8ADD9

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

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