#A8AEEB#A8AEEB

#A8AEEB is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.446; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.087 H 279.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8AEEB
RGB	rgb(168, 174, 235)
HSL	hsl(235, 63%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(235, 29%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.5%, 26%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.62, 11.35, -31.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.62, 33.18, 290.00°)
OKLab	oklab(76.82% 0.0148 -0.0862)
OKLCH	oklch(76.82% 0.087 279.8)
XYZ	xyz(46.2759, 44.5938, 84.7505)
Luminance	0.4460 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8AEEB #EBE5A8

analogous

#A8D0EB #A8AEEB #C4A8EB

triadic

#A8AEEB #EBA8AE #AEEBA8

tetradic

#A8AEEB #EBA8D0 #EBE5A8 #A8EBC4

square

#A8AEEB #EBA8D0 #EBE5A8 #A8EBC4

split-complementary

#A8AEEB #EBC4A8 #D0EBA8

monochromatic

#4451D4 #7680E0 #A8AEEB #DADCF6 #E6E8F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#A8AEEB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.92

#A8AEEB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8AEEB

9.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8AEEB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8AEEB	1.00	2.12	9.92	9.92
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DB5EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99B0E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#97B9C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8aeeb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 174, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.087 279.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3c6f1',
    500: '#a8aeeb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8aeeb;
$custom-light: #c3c6f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8aeeb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 234.627,
    "s": 62.617,
    "l": 79.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76818,
    "c": 0.08745,
    "h": 279.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.44595
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8AEEB

secondary

#F1EFDA

accent

#BB1BCA

background

#FCFCFE

surface

#F8F8FD

border

#D1D1D5

text

#131316

muted

#828284

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8AEEB

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

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