#A8AED3#A8AED3

#A8AED3 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.433; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.053 H 277.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8AED3
RGB	rgb(168, 174, 211)
HSL	hsl(232, 33%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(232, 20%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.4%, 17.5%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.76, 5.69, -19.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.76, 20.22, 286.34°)
OKLab	oklab(75.86% 0.0073 -0.0529)
OKLCH	oklch(75.86% 0.053 277.8)
XYZ	xyz(43.0395, 43.2993, 67.7054)
Luminance	0.4330 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8AED3 #D3CDA8

analogous

#A8C4D3 #A8AED3 #B8A8D3

triadic

#A8AED3 #D3A8AE #AED3A8

tetradic

#A8AED3 #D3A8C4 #D3CDA8 #A8D3B8

square

#A8AED3 #D3A8C4 #D3CDA8 #A8D3B8

split-complementary

#A8AED3 #D3B8A8 #C4D3A8

monochromatic

#5762AA #7F88BE #A8AED3 #D1D4E8 #EBECF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#A8AED3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.66

#A8AED3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8AED3

9.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8AED3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8AED3	1.00	2.17	9.66	9.66
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4B1D5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2AED2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9EB5BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8aed3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 174, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.053 277.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2c6e0',
    500: '#a8aed3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8aed3;
$custom-light: #c2c6e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8aed3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 231.628,
    "s": 32.824,
    "l": 74.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75858,
    "c": 0.05344,
    "h": 277.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.433
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8AED3

secondary

#EBEAE0

accent

#9C3AAC

background

#FBFCFD

surface

#F7F8FB

border

#D0D1D4

text

#121315

muted

#818283

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8AED3

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

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