#A8AEE6#A8AEE6

#A8AEE6 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.443; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.080 H 279.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8AEE6
RGB	rgb(168, 174, 230)
HSL	hsl(234, 55%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(234, 27%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(27%, 24.3%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.43, 10.13, -28.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.43, 30.48, 289.42°)
OKLab	oklab(76.61% 0.0134 -0.0793)
OKLCH	oklch(76.61% 0.08 279.6)
XYZ	xyz(45.5637, 44.3090, 80.9994)
Luminance	0.4431 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8AEE6 #E6E0A8

analogous

#A8CDE6 #A8AEE6 #C1A8E6

triadic

#A8AEE6 #E6A8AE #AEE6A8

tetradic

#A8AEE6 #E6A8CD #E6E0A8 #A8E6C1

square

#A8AEE6 #E6A8CD #E6E0A8 #A8E6C1

split-complementary

#A8AEE6 #E6C1A8 #CDE6A8

monochromatic

#4955CB #7882D8 #A8AEE6 #D8DAF4 #E7E9F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#A8AEE6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.86

#A8AEE6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8AEE6

9.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8AEE6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8AEE6	1.00	2.13	9.86	9.86
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EB4E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BB0E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#99B8C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8aee6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 174, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.080 279.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3c6ee',
    500: '#a8aee6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8aee6;
$custom-light: #c3c6ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8aee6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 234.194,
    "s": 55.357,
    "l": 78.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76609,
    "c": 0.08039,
    "h": 279.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.4431
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8AEE6

secondary

#EFEDDC

accent

#B323C3

background

#FCFCFE

surface

#F8F8FD

border

#D1D1D5

text

#121316

muted

#818284

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8AEE6

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

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