#A8AEE4#A8AEE4

#A8AEE4 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.442; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.078 H 279.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8AEE4
RGB	rgb(168, 174, 228)
HSL	hsl(234, 53%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(234, 26%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.3%, 23.7%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.36, 9.65, -27.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.36, 29.40, 289.17°)
OKLab	oklab(76.53% 0.0127 -0.0765)
OKLCH	oklch(76.53% 0.078 279.5)
XYZ	xyz(45.2844, 44.1973, 79.5288)
Luminance	0.4420 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8AEE4 #E4DEA8

analogous

#A8CCE4 #A8AEE4 #C0A8E4

triadic

#A8AEE4 #E4A8AE #AEE4A8

tetradic

#A8AEE4 #E4A8CC #E4DEA8 #A8E4C0

square

#A8AEE4 #E4A8CC #E4DEA8 #A8E4C0

split-complementary

#A8AEE4 #E4C0A8 #CCE4A8

monochromatic

#4B57C7 #7983D6 #A8AEE4 #D7D9F2 #E8E9F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#A8AEE4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.84

#A8AEE4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8AEE4

9.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8AEE4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8AEE4	1.00	2.13	9.84	9.84
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FB4E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CAFE3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#99B8C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8aee4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 174, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.078 279.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3c6ec',
    500: '#a8aee4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8aee4;
$custom-light: #c3c6ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8aee4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 234,
    "s": 52.632,
    "l": 77.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76527,
    "c": 0.07756,
    "h": 279.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.44198
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8AEE4

secondary

#EFEDDC

accent

#B125C0

background

#FCFCFE

surface

#F8F8FD

border

#D1D1D5

text

#121316

muted

#818284

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8AEE4

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

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