#A8AEED#A8AEED

#A8AEED is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.447; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.090 H 279.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8AEED
RGB	rgb(168, 174, 237)
HSL	hsl(235, 66%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(235, 29%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.1%, 26.6%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.70, 11.84, -32.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.70, 34.25, 290.22°)
OKLab	oklab(76.9% 0.0154 -0.0889)
OKLCH	oklch(76.9% 0.09 279.8)
XYZ	xyz(46.5665, 44.7101, 86.2808)
Luminance	0.4471 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8AEED #EDE7A8

analogous

#A8D1ED #A8AEED #C5A8ED

triadic

#A8AEED #EDA8AE #AEEDA8

tetradic

#A8AEED #EDA8D1 #EDE7A8 #A8EDC5

square

#A8AEED #EDA8D1 #EDE7A8 #A8EDC5

split-complementary

#A8AEED #EDC5A8 #D1EDA8

monochromatic

#4350D8 #757FE3 #A8AEED #DBDDF7 #E6E7FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#A8AEED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.94

#A8AEED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8AEED

9.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8AEED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8AEED	1.00	2.11	9.94	9.94
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CB5F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98B0EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#97BAC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8aeed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 174, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.090 279.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3c6f3',
    500: '#a8aeed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8aeed;
$custom-light: #c3c6f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8aeed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 234.783,
    "s": 65.714,
    "l": 79.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76903,
    "c": 0.09027,
    "h": 279.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.44711
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8AEED

secondary

#F1EFDA

accent

#BE18CE

background

#FCFCFE

surface

#F8F8FD

border

#D1D1D5

text

#131317

muted

#828285

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8AEED

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

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