#A8AEE3#A8AEE3

#A8AEE3 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.441; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.076 H 279.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8AEE3
RGB	rgb(168, 174, 227)
HSL	hsl(234, 51%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(234, 26%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(26%, 23.3%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.32, 9.42, -27.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.32, 28.86, 289.04°)
OKLab	oklab(76.49% 0.0124 -0.0751)
OKLCH	oklch(76.49% 0.076 279.4)
XYZ	xyz(45.1460, 44.1419, 78.7998)
Luminance	0.4414 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8AEE3 #E3DDA8

analogous

#A8CCE3 #A8AEE3 #BFA8E3

triadic

#A8AEE3 #E3A8AE #AEE3A8

tetradic

#A8AEE3 #E3A8CC #E3DDA8 #A8E3BF

square

#A8AEE3 #E3A8CC #E3DDA8 #A8E3BF

split-complementary

#A8AEE3 #E3BFA8 #CCE3A8

monochromatic

#4B58C5 #7A83D4 #A8AEE3 #D6D9F2 #E8E9F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#A8AEE3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.83

#A8AEE3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8AEE3

9.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8AEE3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8AEE3	1.00	2.14	9.83	9.83
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FB4E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CAFE2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9AB8C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8aee3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 174, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.076 279.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3c6ec',
    500: '#a8aee3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8aee3;
$custom-light: #c3c6ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8aee3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 233.898,
    "s": 51.304,
    "l": 77.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76486,
    "c": 0.07614,
    "h": 279.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.44143
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8AEE3

secondary

#EFEDDC

accent

#AF27BF

background

#FCFCFE

surface

#F8F8FD

border

#D1D1D5

text

#121316

muted

#818284

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8AEE3

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

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