#A8ADE3#A8ADE3

#A8ADE3 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.438; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.077 H 280.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8ADE3
RGB	rgb(168, 173, 227)
HSL	hsl(235, 51%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(235, 26%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(26%, 23.8%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.07, 9.97, -27.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.07, 29.42, 289.81°)
OKLab	oklab(76.29% 0.0138 -0.0762)
OKLCH	oklch(76.29% 0.077 280.3)
XYZ	xyz(44.9536, 43.7570, 78.7356)
Luminance	0.4376 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8ADE3 #E3DEA8

analogous

#A8CBE3 #A8ADE3 #C0A8E3

triadic

#A8ADE3 #E3A8AD #ADE3A8

tetradic

#A8ADE3 #E3A8CB #E3DEA8 #A8E3C0

square

#A8ADE3 #E3A8CB #E3DEA8 #A8E3C0

split-complementary

#A8ADE3 #E3C0A8 #CBE3A8

monochromatic

#4B56C5 #7A81D4 #A8ADE3 #D6D9F2 #E8E9F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#A8ADE3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.75

#A8ADE3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8ADE3

9.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8ADE3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8ADE3	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)

#9EB3E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BAFE2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9AB7C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8ade3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 173, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.077 280.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3c5ec',
    500: '#a8ade3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8ade3;
$custom-light: #c3c5ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8ade3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 234.915,
    "s": 51.304,
    "l": 77.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76286,
    "c": 0.07747,
    "h": 280.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.43758
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8ADE3

secondary

#EFEDDC

accent

#B227BF

background

#FCFCFE

surface

#F8F8FD

border

#D1D1D5

text

#121216

muted

#818184

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8ADE3

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

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