#A8ADEE#A8ADEE

#A8ADEE is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.444; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.093 H 280.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8ADEE
RGB	rgb(168, 173, 238)
HSL	hsl(236, 67%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(236, 29%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.4%, 27.3%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.48, 12.64, -33.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.48, 35.36, 290.95°)
OKLab	oklab(76.75% 0.017 -0.0914)
OKLCH	oklch(76.75% 0.093 280.6)
XYZ	xyz(46.5205, 44.3837, 86.9882)
Luminance	0.4439 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8ADEE #EEE9A8

analogous

#A8D0EE #A8ADEE #C6A8EE

triadic

#A8ADEE #EEA8AD #ADEEA8

tetradic

#A8ADEE #EEA8D0 #EEE9A8 #A8EEC6

square

#A8ADEE #EEA8D0 #EEE9A8 #A8EEC6

split-complementary

#A8ADEE #EEC6A8 #D0EEA8

monochromatic

#424CDA #757DE4 #A8ADEE #DBDDF8 #E5E7FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#A8ADEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.88

#A8ADEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8ADEE

9.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8ADEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8ADEE	1.00	2.13	9.88	9.88
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AB4F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97AFEC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#96B9C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8adee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 173, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.093 280.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3c5f3',
    500: '#a8adee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8adee;
$custom-light: #c3c5f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8adee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 235.714,
    "s": 67.308,
    "l": 79.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76749,
    "c": 0.09301,
    "h": 280.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.44385
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8ADEE

secondary

#F2F0D9

accent

#C216CF

background

#FCFCFE

surface

#F8F8FD

border

#D1D1D5

text

#131217

muted

#828185

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8ADEE

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

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