#A8ADE5#A8ADE5

#A8ADE5 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.439; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.080 H 280.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8ADE5
RGB	rgb(168, 173, 229)
HSL	hsl(235, 54%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(235, 27%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.6%, 24.5%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.14, 10.45, -28.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.14, 30.50, 290.04°)
OKLab	oklab(76.37% 0.0144 -0.079)
OKLCH	oklch(76.37% 0.08 280.3)
XYZ	xyz(45.2312, 43.8680, 80.1978)
Luminance	0.4387 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8ADE5 #E5E0A8

analogous

#A8CBE5 #A8ADE5 #C1A8E5

triadic

#A8ADE5 #E5A8AD #ADE5A8

tetradic

#A8ADE5 #E5A8CB #E5E0A8 #A8E5C1

square

#A8ADE5 #E5A8CB #E5E0A8 #A8E5C1

split-complementary

#A8ADE5 #E5C1A8 #CBE5A8

monochromatic

#4A54C9 #7981D7 #A8ADE5 #D7D9F3 #E7E9F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#A8ADE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.77

#A8ADE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8ADE5

9.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8ADE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8ADE5	1.00	2.15	9.77	9.77
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DB3E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AAFE4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#99B7C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8ade5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 173, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.080 280.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3c5ed',
    500: '#a8ade5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8ade5;
$custom-light: #c3c5ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8ade5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 235.082,
    "s": 53.982,
    "l": 77.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76368,
    "c": 0.08031,
    "h": 280.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.43869
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8ADE5

secondary

#EFEEDC

accent

#B524C1

background

#FCFCFE

surface

#F8F8FD

border

#D1D1D5

text

#121216

muted

#818184

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8ADE5

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

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