#A8AEEA#A8AEEA

#A8AEEA is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.445; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.086 H 279.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8AEEA
RGB	rgb(168, 174, 234)
HSL	hsl(235, 61%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(235, 28%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.2%, 25.6%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.59, 11.10, -30.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.59, 32.64, 289.89°)
OKLab	oklab(76.78% 0.0145 -0.0848)
OKLCH	oklch(76.78% 0.086 279.7)
XYZ	xyz(46.1318, 44.5362, 83.9917)
Luminance	0.4454 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8AEEA #EAE4A8

analogous

#A8CFEA #A8AEEA #C3A8EA

triadic

#A8AEEA #EAA8AE #AEEAA8

tetradic

#A8AEEA #EAA8CF #EAE4A8 #A8EAC3

square

#A8AEEA #EAA8CF #EAE4A8 #A8EAC3

split-complementary

#A8AEEA #EAC3A8 #CFEAA8

monochromatic

#4552D2 #7780DE #A8AEEA #D9DCF6 #E6E8F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#A8AEEA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.91

#A8AEEA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8AEEA

9.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8AEEA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8AEEA	1.00	2.12	9.91	9.91
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DB5ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99B0E8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#98B9C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8aeea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 174, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.086 279.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3c6f1',
    500: '#a8aeea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8aeea;
$custom-light: #c3c6f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8aeea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 234.545,
    "s": 61.111,
    "l": 78.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76776,
    "c": 0.08603,
    "h": 279.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.44537
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8AEEA

secondary

#F0EEDB

accent

#B91DC9

background

#FCFCFE

surface

#F8F8FD

border

#D1D1D5

text

#121316

muted

#818284

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8AEEA

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

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