#A8AED2#A8AED2

#A8AED2 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.432; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.052 H 277.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8AED2
RGB	rgb(168, 174, 210)
HSL	hsl(231, 32%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(231, 20%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(20%, 17.1%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.72, 5.46, -18.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.72, 19.68, 286.12°)
OKLab	oklab(75.82% 0.0069 -0.0516)
OKLCH	oklch(75.82% 0.052 277.7)
XYZ	xyz(42.9145, 43.2493, 67.0472)
Luminance	0.4325 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8AED2 #D2CCA8

analogous

#A8C3D2 #A8AED2 #B7A8D2

triadic

#A8AED2 #D2A8AE #AED2A8

tetradic

#A8AED2 #D2A8C3 #D2CCA8 #A8D2B7

square

#A8AED2 #D2A8C3 #D2CCA8 #A8D2B7

split-complementary

#A8AED2 #D2B7A8 #C3D2A8

monochromatic

#5763A8 #8088BD #A8AED2 #D0D4E7 #EBECF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#A8AED2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.65

#A8AED2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8AED2

9.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8AED2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8AED2	1.00	2.18	9.65	9.65
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4B1D4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2AED1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9EB4BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8aed2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 174, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.052 277.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2c6df',
    500: '#a8aed2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8aed2;
$custom-light: #c2c6df;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8aed2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 231.429,
    "s": 31.818,
    "l": 74.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75821,
    "c": 0.05202,
    "h": 277.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.4325
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8AED2

secondary

#EBEAE0

accent

#9B3BAB

background

#FBFCFD

surface

#F7F8FB

border

#D0D1D4

text

#121315

muted

#818283

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8AED2

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

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