#A8ADE2#A8ADE2

#A8ADE2 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.437; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.076 H 280.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8ADE2
RGB	rgb(168, 173, 226)
HSL	hsl(235, 50%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(235, 26%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.7%, 23.5%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.03, 9.73, -27.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.03, 28.88, 289.69°)
OKLab	oklab(76.24% 0.0135 -0.0748)
OKLCH	oklch(76.24% 0.076 280.2)
XYZ	xyz(44.8159, 43.7019, 78.0109)
Luminance	0.4370 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8ADE2 #E2DDA8

analogous

#A8CAE2 #A8ADE2 #C0A8E2

triadic

#A8ADE2 #E2A8AD #ADE2A8

tetradic

#A8ADE2 #E2A8CA #E2DDA8 #A8E2C0

square

#A8ADE2 #E2A8CA #E2DDA8 #A8E2C0

split-complementary

#A8ADE2 #E2C0A8 #CAE2A8

monochromatic

#4C56C3 #7A82D3 #A8ADE2 #D6D8F1 #E8E9F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#A8ADE2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.74

#A8ADE2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8ADE2

9.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8ADE2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8ADE2	1.00	2.16	9.74	9.74
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EB3E4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BAFE1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9AB6BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8ade2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 173, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.076 280.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3c5eb',
    500: '#a8ade2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8ade2;
$custom-light: #c3c5eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8ade2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 234.828,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 77.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76245,
    "c": 0.07606,
    "h": 280.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.43703
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8ADE2

secondary

#EEEDDD

accent

#B028BD

background

#FCFCFE

surface

#F8F8FD

border

#D1D1D5

text

#121216

muted

#818184

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8ADE2

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

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