#A8AEEE#A8AEEE

#A8AEEE is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.448; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.092 H 279.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8AEEE
RGB	rgb(168, 174, 238)
HSL	hsl(235, 67%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(235, 29%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.4%, 26.9%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.74, 12.08, -32.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.74, 34.79, 290.32°)
OKLab	oklab(76.95% 0.0157 -0.0903)
OKLCH	oklch(76.95% 0.092 279.9)
XYZ	xyz(46.7130, 44.7687, 87.0524)
Luminance	0.4477 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8AEEE #EEE8A8

analogous

#A8D1EE #A8AEEE #C5A8EE

triadic

#A8AEEE #EEA8AE #AEEEA8

tetradic

#A8AEEE #EEA8D1 #EEE8A8 #A8EEC5

square

#A8AEEE #EEA8D1 #EEE8A8 #A8EEC5

split-complementary

#A8AEEE #EEC5A8 #D1EEA8

monochromatic

#424FDA #757EE4 #A8AEEE #DBDEF8 #E5E7FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#A8AEEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.95

#A8AEEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8AEEE

9.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8AEEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8AEEE	1.00	2.11	9.95	9.95
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BB5F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98B0EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#96BAC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8aeee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 174, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.092 279.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3c6f3',
    500: '#a8aeee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8aeee;
$custom-light: #c3c6f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8aeee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 234.857,
    "s": 67.308,
    "l": 79.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76946,
    "c": 0.09167,
    "h": 279.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.4477
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8AEEE

secondary

#F2EFD9

accent

#BF16CF

background

#FCFCFE

surface

#F8F8FD

border

#D1D1D5

text

#131317

muted

#828285

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8AEEE

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

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