#A8AEE9#A8AEE9

#A8AEE9 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.445; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.085 H 279.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8AEE9
RGB	rgb(168, 174, 233)
HSL	hsl(234, 60%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(234, 28%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.9%, 25.3%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.55, 10.86, -30.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.55, 32.10, 289.78°)
OKLab	oklab(76.73% 0.0143 -0.0834)
OKLCH	oklch(76.73% 0.085 279.7)
XYZ	xyz(45.9886, 44.4789, 83.2373)
Luminance	0.4448 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8AEE9 #E9E3A8

analogous

#A8CEE9 #A8AEE9 #C2A8E9

triadic

#A8AEE9 #E9A8AE #AEE9A8

tetradic

#A8AEE9 #E9A8CE #E9E3A8 #A8E9C2

square

#A8AEE9 #E9A8CE #E9E3A8 #A8E9C2

split-complementary

#A8AEE9 #E9C2A8 #CEE9A8

monochromatic

#4653D0 #7781DD #A8AEE9 #D9DBF5 #E7E8F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#A8AEE9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.90

#A8AEE9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8AEE9

9.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8AEE9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8AEE9	1.00	2.12	9.90	9.90
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DB4EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AB0E8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#98B9C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8aee9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 174, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.085 279.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3c6f0',
    500: '#a8aee9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8aee9;
$custom-light: #c3c6f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8aee9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 234.462,
    "s": 59.633,
    "l": 78.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76734,
    "c": 0.08462,
    "h": 279.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.4448
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8AEE9

secondary

#F0EEDB

accent

#B81EC7

background

#FCFCFE

surface

#F8F8FD

border

#D1D1D5

text

#121316

muted

#818284

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8AEE9

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

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