#A8AEE1#A8AEE1

#A8AEE1 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.440; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.073 H 279.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8AEE1
RGB	rgb(168, 174, 225)
HSL	hsl(234, 49%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(234, 25%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.3%, 22.7%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.25, 8.94, -26.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.25, 27.78, 288.77°)
OKLab	oklab(76.41% 0.0118 -0.0723)
OKLCH	oklch(76.41% 0.073 279.3)
XYZ	xyz(44.8716, 44.0321, 77.3545)
Luminance	0.4403 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8AEE1 #E1DBA8

analogous

#A8CBE1 #A8AEE1 #BFA8E1

triadic

#A8AEE1 #E1A8AE #AEE1A8

tetradic

#A8AEE1 #E1A8CB #E1DBA8 #A8E1BF

square

#A8AEE1 #E1A8CB #E1DBA8 #A8E1BF

split-complementary

#A8AEE1 #E1BFA8 #CBE1A8

monochromatic

#4D59C2 #7A84D1 #A8AEE1 #D6D8F1 #E8EAF7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#A8AEE1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.81

#A8AEE1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8AEE1

9.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8AEE1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8AEE1	1.00	2.14	9.81	9.81
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0B3E3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DAFE0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9AB7BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8aee1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 174, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.073 279.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2c6ea',
    500: '#a8aee1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8aee1;
$custom-light: #c2c6ea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8aee1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 233.684,
    "s": 48.718,
    "l": 77.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76405,
    "c": 0.07331,
    "h": 279.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.44033
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8AEE1

secondary

#EEECDD

accent

#AD29BC

background

#FCFCFE

surface

#F8F8FD

border

#D1D1D5

text

#121316

muted

#818284

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8AEE1

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

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