#A8ADE6#A8ADE6

#A8ADE6 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.439; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.082 H 280.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8ADE6
RGB	rgb(168, 173, 230)
HSL	hsl(235, 55%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(235, 27%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(27%, 24.8%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.18, 10.69, -29.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.18, 31.04, 290.15°)
OKLab	oklab(76.41% 0.0147 -0.0804)
OKLCH	oklch(76.41% 0.082 280.4)
XYZ	xyz(45.3712, 43.9240, 80.9353)
Luminance	0.4392 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8ADE6 #E6E1A8

analogous

#A8CCE6 #A8ADE6 #C2A8E6

triadic

#A8ADE6 #E6A8AD #ADE6A8

tetradic

#A8ADE6 #E6A8CC #E6E1A8 #A8E6C2

square

#A8ADE6 #E6A8CC #E6E1A8 #A8E6C2

split-complementary

#A8ADE6 #E6C2A8 #CCE6A8

monochromatic

#4953CB #7880D8 #A8ADE6 #D8DAF4 #E7E9F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#A8ADE6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.78

#A8ADE6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8ADE6

9.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8ADE6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8ADE6	1.00	2.15	9.78	9.78
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DB3E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AAFE5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#99B7C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8ade6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 173, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.082 280.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3c5ee',
    500: '#a8ade6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8ade6;
$custom-light: #c3c5ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8ade6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 235.161,
    "s": 55.357,
    "l": 78.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7641,
    "c": 0.08172,
    "h": 280.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.43925
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8ADE6

secondary

#EFEEDC

accent

#B623C3

background

#FCFCFE

surface

#F8F8FD

border

#D1D1D5

text

#121216

muted

#818184

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8ADE6

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

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