#A8AECD#A8AECD

#A8AECD is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.430; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.045 H 276.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8AECD
RGB	rgb(168, 174, 205)
HSL	hsl(230, 27%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(230, 18%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(18%, 15.1%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.56, 4.34, -16.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.56, 16.98, 284.82°)
OKLab	oklab(75.64% 0.0052 -0.0446)
OKLCH	oklch(75.64% 0.045 276.6)
XYZ	xyz(42.3013, 43.0040, 63.8177)
Luminance	0.4300 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8AECD #CDC7A8

analogous

#A8C0CD #A8AECD #B4A8CD

triadic

#A8AECD #CDA8AE #AECDA8

tetradic

#A8AECD #CDA8C0 #CDC7A8 #A8CDB4

square

#A8AECD #CDA8C0 #CDC7A8 #A8CDB4

split-complementary

#A8AECD #CDB4A8 #C0CDA8

monochromatic

#5B669F #818AB7 #A8AECD #CFD2E3 #ECEDF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#A8AECD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.60

#A8AECD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8AECD

9.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8AECD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8AECD	1.00	2.19	9.60	9.60
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6B1CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4AECC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A0B3B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8aecd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 174, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.045 276.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2c6dc',
    500: '#a8aecd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8aecd;
$custom-light: #c2c6dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8aecd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 230.27,
    "s": 27.007,
    "l": 73.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75636,
    "c": 0.04493,
    "h": 276.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.43005
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8AECD

secondary

#EAE9E1

accent

#9540A6

background

#FBFCFD

surface

#F7F8FB

border

#D0D1D4

text

#121315

muted

#818283

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8AECD

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

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