#A8AEDD#A8AEDD

#A8AEDD is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.438; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.068 H 279.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8AEDD
RGB	rgb(168, 174, 221)
HSL	hsl(233, 44%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(233, 24%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(24%, 21.3%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.11, 8.00, -24.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.11, 25.62, 288.18°)
OKLab	oklab(76.24% 0.0106 -0.0668)
OKLCH	oklch(76.24% 0.068 279)
XYZ	xyz(44.3323, 43.8164, 74.5143)
Luminance	0.4382 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8AEDD #DDD7A8

analogous

#A8C9DD #A8AEDD #BDA8DD

triadic

#A8AEDD #DDA8AE #AEDDA8

tetradic

#A8AEDD #DDA8C9 #DDD7A8 #A8DDBD

square

#A8AEDD #DDA8C9 #DDD7A8 #A8DDBD

split-complementary

#A8AEDD #DDBDA8 #C9DDA8

monochromatic

#505CBB #7C85CC #A8AEDD #D4D7EE #E9EBF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#A8AEDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.76

#A8AEDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8AEDD

9.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8AEDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8AEDD	1.00	2.15	9.76	9.76
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1B3DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EAFDC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9BB6BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8aedd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 174, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.068 279.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2c6e7',
    500: '#a8aedd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8aedd;
$custom-light: #c2c6e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8aedd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 233.208,
    "s": 43.802,
    "l": 76.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76245,
    "c": 0.06764,
    "h": 279
  },
  "luminance": 0.43817
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8AEDD

secondary

#EDECDE

accent

#A72FB7

background

#FCFCFE

surface

#F8F8FC

border

#D1D1D5

text

#121316

muted

#818284

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8AEDD

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

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