#A8ADE8#A8ADE8

#A8ADE8 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.440; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.085 H 280.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8ADE8
RGB	rgb(168, 173, 232)
HSL	hsl(235, 58%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(235, 28%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.6%, 25.4%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.25, 11.17, -30.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.25, 32.12, 290.36°)
OKLab	oklab(76.49% 0.0153 -0.0831)
OKLCH	oklch(76.49% 0.085 280.4)
XYZ	xyz(45.6537, 44.0370, 82.4229)
Luminance	0.4404 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8ADE8 #E8E3A8

analogous

#A8CDE8 #A8ADE8 #C3A8E8

triadic

#A8ADE8 #E8A8AD #ADE8A8

tetradic

#A8ADE8 #E8A8CD #E8E3A8 #A8E8C3

square

#A8ADE8 #E8A8CD #E8E3A8 #A8E8C3

split-complementary

#A8ADE8 #E8C3A8 #CDE8A8

monochromatic

#4752CE #787FDB #A8ADE8 #D8DBF5 #E7E8F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#A8ADE8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.81

#A8ADE8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8ADE8

9.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8ADE8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8ADE8	1.00	2.14	9.81	9.81
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CB3EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99AFE6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#98B8C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8ade8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 173, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.085 280.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3c5ef',
    500: '#a8ade8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8ade8;
$custom-light: #c3c5ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8ade8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 235.313,
    "s": 58.182,
    "l": 78.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76493,
    "c": 0.08455,
    "h": 280.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.44038
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8ADE8

secondary

#F0EEDB

accent

#B920C6

background

#FCFCFE

surface

#F8F8FD

border

#D1D1D5

text

#121216

muted

#818184

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8ADE8

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

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