#A8AEE5#A8AEE5

#A8AEE5 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.443; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.079 H 279.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8AEE5
RGB	rgb(168, 174, 229)
HSL	hsl(234, 54%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(234, 27%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.6%, 24%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.40, 9.89, -28.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.40, 29.94, 289.30°)
OKLab	oklab(76.57% 0.0131 -0.0779)
OKLCH	oklch(76.57% 0.079 279.5)
XYZ	xyz(45.4237, 44.2529, 80.2620)
Luminance	0.4425 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8AEE5 #E5DFA8

analogous

#A8CDE5 #A8AEE5 #C0A8E5

triadic

#A8AEE5 #E5A8AE #AEE5A8

tetradic

#A8AEE5 #E5A8CD #E5DFA8 #A8E5C0

square

#A8AEE5 #E5A8CD #E5DFA8 #A8E5C0

split-complementary

#A8AEE5 #E5C0A8 #CDE5A8

monochromatic

#4A56C9 #7982D7 #A8AEE5 #D7DAF3 #E7E9F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#A8AEE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.85

#A8AEE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8AEE5

9.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8AEE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8AEE5	1.00	2.13	9.85	9.85
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FB4E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BB0E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#99B8C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8aee5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 174, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.079 279.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3c6ed',
    500: '#a8aee5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8aee5;
$custom-light: #c3c6ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8aee5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 234.098,
    "s": 53.982,
    "l": 77.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76568,
    "c": 0.07897,
    "h": 279.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.44254
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8AEE5

secondary

#EFEDDC

accent

#B224C1

background

#FCFCFE

surface

#F8F8FD

border

#D1D1D5

text

#121316

muted

#818284

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8AEE5

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

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