#A8ADEB#A8ADEB

#A8ADEB is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.442; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.089 H 280.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8ADEB
RGB	rgb(168, 173, 235)
HSL	hsl(236, 63%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(236, 29%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.5%, 26.4%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.37, 11.90, -31.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.37, 33.74, 290.66°)
OKLab	oklab(76.62% 0.0162 -0.0873)
OKLCH	oklch(76.62% 0.089 280.5)
XYZ	xyz(46.0834, 44.2089, 84.6863)
Luminance	0.4421 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8ADEB #EBE6A8

analogous

#A8CFEB #A8ADEB #C5A8EB

triadic

#A8ADEB #EBA8AD #ADEBA8

tetradic

#A8ADEB #EBA8CF #EBE6A8 #A8EBC5

square

#A8ADEB #EBA8CF #EBE6A8 #A8EBC5

split-complementary

#A8ADEB #EBC5A8 #CFEBA8

monochromatic

#444FD4 #767EE0 #A8ADEB #DADCF6 #E6E8F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#A8ADEB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.84

#A8ADEB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8ADEB

9.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8ADEB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8ADEB	1.00	2.13	9.84	9.84
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BB4EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98AFE9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#97B8C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8adeb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 173, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.089 280.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3c5f1',
    500: '#a8adeb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8adeb;
$custom-light: #c3c5f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8adeb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 235.522,
    "s": 62.617,
    "l": 79.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7662,
    "c": 0.08879,
    "h": 280.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.4421
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8ADEB

secondary

#F1EFDA

accent

#BD1BCA

background

#FCFCFE

surface

#F8F8FD

border

#D1D1D5

text

#131216

muted

#828184

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8ADEB

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

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