#A8AEEF#A8AEEF

#A8AEEF is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.448; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.093 H 279.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8AEEF
RGB	rgb(168, 174, 239)
HSL	hsl(235, 69%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(235, 30%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.7%, 27.2%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.78, 12.33, -33.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.78, 35.33, 290.43°)
OKLab	oklab(76.99% 0.016 -0.0917)
OKLCH	oklch(76.99% 0.093 279.9)
XYZ	xyz(46.8603, 44.8276, 87.8283)
Luminance	0.4483 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8AEEF #EFE9A8

analogous

#A8D1EF #A8AEEF #C6A8EF

triadic

#A8AEEF #EFA8AE #AEEFA8

tetradic

#A8AEEF #EFA8D1 #EFE9A8 #A8EFC6

square

#A8AEEF #EFA8D1 #EFE9A8 #A8EFC6

split-complementary

#A8AEEF #EFC6A8 #D1EFA8

monochromatic

#414EDC #747EE5 #A8AEEF #DCDEF9 #E5E7FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#A8AEEF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.97

#A8AEEF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8AEEF

9.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8AEEF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8AEEF	1.00	2.11	9.97	9.97
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BB5F2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97B0ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#96BAC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8aeef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 174, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.093 279.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3c6f4',
    500: '#a8aeef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8aeef;
$custom-light: #c3c6f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8aeef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 234.93,
    "s": 68.932,
    "l": 79.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76989,
    "c": 0.09307,
    "h": 279.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.44829
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8AEEF

secondary

#F2F0D9

accent

#C115D1

background

#FCFCFE

surface

#F8F8FD

border

#D1D1D5

text

#131317

muted

#828285

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8AEEF

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

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