#A8ADE7#A8ADE7

#A8ADE7 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.440; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.083 H 280.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8ADE7
RGB	rgb(168, 173, 231)
HSL	hsl(235, 57%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(235, 27%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.3%, 25.1%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.22, 10.93, -29.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.22, 31.58, 290.25°)
OKLab	oklab(76.45% 0.015 -0.0818)
OKLCH	oklch(76.45% 0.083 280.4)
XYZ	xyz(45.5120, 43.9804, 81.6770)
Luminance	0.4398 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8ADE7 #E7E2A8

analogous

#A8CCE7 #A8ADE7 #C2A8E7

triadic

#A8ADE7 #E7A8AD #ADE7A8

tetradic

#A8ADE7 #E7A8CC #E7E2A8 #A8E7C2

square

#A8ADE7 #E7A8CC #E7E2A8 #A8E7C2

split-complementary

#A8ADE7 #E7C2A8 #CCE7A8

monochromatic

#4853CD #7880DA #A8ADE7 #D8DAF4 #E7E8F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#A8ADE7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.80

#A8ADE7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8ADE7

9.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8ADE7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8ADE7	1.00	2.14	9.80	9.80
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DB3EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AAFE6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#99B7C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8ade7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 173, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.083 280.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3c5ee',
    500: '#a8ade7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8ade7;
$custom-light: #c3c5ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8ade7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 235.238,
    "s": 56.757,
    "l": 78.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76451,
    "c": 0.08314,
    "h": 280.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.43981
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8ADE7

secondary

#F0EEDB

accent

#B721C4

background

#FCFCFE

surface

#F8F8FD

border

#D1D1D5

text

#121216

muted

#818184

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8ADE7

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

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