#A8AEDB#A8AEDB

#A8AEDB is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.437; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.065 H 278.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8AEDB
RGB	rgb(168, 174, 219)
HSL	hsl(233, 41%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(233, 23%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.3%, 20.5%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.03, 7.53, -23.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.03, 24.54, 287.86°)
OKLab	oklab(76.17% 0.0099 -0.064)
OKLCH	oklch(76.17% 0.065 278.8)
XYZ	xyz(44.0675, 43.7105, 73.1193)
Luminance	0.4371 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8AEDB #DBD5A8

analogous

#A8C7DB #A8AEDB #BBA8DB

triadic

#A8AEDB #DBA8AE #AEDBA8

tetradic

#A8AEDB #DBA8C7 #DBD5A8 #A8DBBB

square

#A8AEDB #DBA8C7 #DBD5A8 #A8DBBB

split-complementary

#A8AEDB #DBBBA8 #C7DBA8

monochromatic

#515DB7 #7D86C9 #A8AEDB #D3D6ED #E9EBF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#A8AEDB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.74

#A8AEDB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8AEDB

9.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8AEDB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8AEDB	1.00	2.16	9.74	9.74
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2B2DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FAFDA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9CB6BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8aedb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 174, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.065 278.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2c6e6',
    500: '#a8aedb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8aedb;
$custom-light: #c2c6e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8aedb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 232.941,
    "s": 41.463,
    "l": 75.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76166,
    "c": 0.06479,
    "h": 278.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.43711
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8AEDB

secondary

#EDEBDE

accent

#A531B5

background

#FCFCFE

surface

#F8F8FC

border

#D1D1D5

text

#121316

muted

#818284

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8AEDB

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

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