#A8AEE8#A8AEE8

#A8AEE8 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.444; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.083 H 279.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8AEE8
RGB	rgb(168, 174, 232)
HSL	hsl(234, 58%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(234, 28%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.6%, 25%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.51, 10.62, -29.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.51, 31.56, 289.66°)
OKLab	oklab(76.69% 0.014 -0.082)
OKLCH	oklch(76.69% 0.083 279.7)
XYZ	xyz(45.8461, 44.4219, 82.4871)
Luminance	0.4442 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8AEE8 #E8E2A8

analogous

#A8CEE8 #A8AEE8 #C2A8E8

triadic

#A8AEE8 #E8A8AE #AEE8A8

tetradic

#A8AEE8 #E8A8CE #E8E2A8 #A8E8C2

square

#A8AEE8 #E8A8CE #E8E2A8 #A8E8C2

split-complementary

#A8AEE8 #E8C2A8 #CEE8A8

monochromatic

#4754CE #7881DB #A8AEE8 #D8DBF5 #E7E8F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#A8AEE8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.88

#A8AEE8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8AEE8

9.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8AEE8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8AEE8	1.00	2.12	9.88	9.88
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EB4EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AB0E7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#98B9C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8aee8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 174, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.083 279.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3c6ef',
    500: '#a8aee8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8aee8;
$custom-light: #c3c6ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8aee8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 234.375,
    "s": 58.182,
    "l": 78.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76692,
    "c": 0.08321,
    "h": 279.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.44423
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8AEE8

secondary

#F0EEDB

accent

#B620C6

background

#FCFCFE

surface

#F8F8FD

border

#D1D1D5

text

#121316

muted

#818284

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8AEE8

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

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