#A8AEDE#A8AEDE

#A8AEDE is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.439; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.069 H 279.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8AEDE
RGB	rgb(168, 174, 222)
HSL	hsl(233, 45%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(233, 24%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.3%, 21.6%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.14, 8.23, -24.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.14, 26.16, 288.34°)
OKLab	oklab(76.28% 0.0109 -0.0682)
OKLCH	oklch(76.28% 0.069 279.1)
XYZ	xyz(44.4659, 43.8699, 75.2181)
Luminance	0.4387 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8AEDE #DED8A8

analogous

#A8C9DE #A8AEDE #BDA8DE

triadic

#A8AEDE #DEA8AE #AEDEA8

tetradic

#A8AEDE #DEA8C9 #DED8A8 #A8DEBD

square

#A8AEDE #DEA8C9 #DED8A8 #A8DEBD

split-complementary

#A8AEDE #DEBDA8 #C9DEA8

monochromatic

#4F5BBC #7C85CD #A8AEDE #D4D7EF #E9EAF7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#A8AEDE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.77

#A8AEDE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8AEDE

9.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8AEDE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8AEDE	1.00	2.15	9.77	9.77
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1B3E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EAFDD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9BB7BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8aede;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 174, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.069 279.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2c6e8',
    500: '#a8aede',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8aede;
$custom-light: #c2c6e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8aede",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 233.333,
    "s": 45,
    "l": 76.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76284,
    "c": 0.06905,
    "h": 279.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.43871
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8AEDE

secondary

#EEECDD

accent

#A92DB8

background

#FCFCFE

surface

#F8F8FC

border

#D1D1D5

text

#121316

muted

#818284

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8AEDE

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

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