#A8AEE7#A8AEE7

#A8AEE7 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.444; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.082 H 279.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8AEE7
RGB	rgb(168, 174, 231)
HSL	hsl(234, 57%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(234, 27%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.3%, 24.7%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.47, 10.38, -29.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.47, 31.02, 289.54°)
OKLab	oklab(76.65% 0.0137 -0.0806)
OKLCH	oklch(76.65% 0.082 279.6)
XYZ	xyz(45.7045, 44.3653, 81.7411)
Luminance	0.4437 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8AEE7 #E7E1A8

analogous

#A8CDE7 #A8AEE7 #C1A8E7

triadic

#A8AEE7 #E7A8AE #AEE7A8

tetradic

#A8AEE7 #E7A8CD #E7E1A8 #A8E7C1

square

#A8AEE7 #E7A8CD #E7E1A8 #A8E7C1

split-complementary

#A8AEE7 #E7C1A8 #CDE7A8

monochromatic

#4855CD #7881DA #A8AEE7 #D8DBF4 #E7E9F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#A8AEE7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.87

#A8AEE7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8AEE7

9.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8AEE7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8AEE7	1.00	2.13	9.87	9.87
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EB4E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BB0E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#99B8C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8aee7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 174, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.082 279.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3c6ee',
    500: '#a8aee7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8aee7;
$custom-light: #c3c6ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8aee7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 234.286,
    "s": 56.757,
    "l": 78.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76651,
    "c": 0.0818,
    "h": 279.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.44366
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8AEE7

secondary

#F0EEDB

accent

#B521C4

background

#FCFCFE

surface

#F8F8FD

border

#D1D1D5

text

#121316

muted

#818284

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8AEE7

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

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