#A8ADEA#A8ADEA

#A8ADEA is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.442; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.087 H 280.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8ADEA
RGB	rgb(168, 173, 234)
HSL	hsl(235, 61%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(235, 28%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.2%, 26.1%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.33, 11.66, -31.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.33, 33.20, 290.56°)
OKLab	oklab(76.58% 0.0159 -0.0859)
OKLCH	oklch(76.58% 0.087 280.5)
XYZ	xyz(45.9394, 44.1513, 83.9276)
Luminance	0.4415 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8ADEA #EAE5A8

analogous

#A8CEEA #A8ADEA #C4A8EA

triadic

#A8ADEA #EAA8AD #ADEAA8

tetradic

#A8ADEA #EAA8CE #EAE5A8 #A8EAC4

square

#A8ADEA #EAA8CE #EAE5A8 #A8EAC4

split-complementary

#A8ADEA #EAC4A8 #CEEAA8

monochromatic

#4550D2 #777FDE #A8ADEA #D9DBF6 #E6E8F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#A8ADEA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.83

#A8ADEA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8ADEA

9.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8ADEA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8ADEA	1.00	2.14	9.83	9.83
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CB4ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98AFE8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#98B8C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8adea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 173, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.087 280.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3c5f1',
    500: '#a8adea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8adea;
$custom-light: #c3c5f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8adea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 235.455,
    "s": 61.111,
    "l": 78.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76578,
    "c": 0.08738,
    "h": 280.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.44152
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8ADEA

secondary

#F0EFDB

accent

#BC1DC9

background

#FCFCFE

surface

#F8F8FD

border

#D1D1D5

text

#121216

muted

#818184

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8ADEA

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

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