#A8AEE2#A8AEE2

#A8AEE2 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.441; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.075 H 279.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8AEE2
RGB	rgb(168, 174, 226)
HSL	hsl(234, 50%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(234, 26%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.7%, 23%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.29, 9.18, -26.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.29, 28.32, 288.91°)
OKLab	oklab(76.44% 0.0121 -0.0737)
OKLCH	oklch(76.44% 0.075 279.3)
XYZ	xyz(45.0084, 44.0869, 78.0750)
Luminance	0.4409 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8AEE2 #E2DCA8

analogous

#A8CBE2 #A8AEE2 #BFA8E2

triadic

#A8AEE2 #E2A8AE #AEE2A8

tetradic

#A8AEE2 #E2A8CB #E2DCA8 #A8E2BF

square

#A8AEE2 #E2A8CB #E2DCA8 #A8E2BF

split-complementary

#A8AEE2 #E2BFA8 #CBE2A8

monochromatic

#4C59C3 #7A83D3 #A8AEE2 #D6D9F1 #E8EAF7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#A8AEE2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.82

#A8AEE2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8AEE2

9.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8AEE2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8AEE2	1.00	2.14	9.82	9.82
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0B3E4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CAFE1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9AB7C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8aee2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 174, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.075 279.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3c6eb',
    500: '#a8aee2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8aee2;
$custom-light: #c3c6eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8aee2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 233.793,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 77.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76445,
    "c": 0.07472,
    "h": 279.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.44088
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8AEE2

secondary

#EEEDDD

accent

#AE28BD

background

#FCFCFE

surface

#F8F8FD

border

#D1D1D5

text

#121316

muted

#818284

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8AEE2

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

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