#A8AEF0#A8AEF0

#A8AEF0 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.449; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.094 H 279.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8AEF0
RGB	rgb(168, 174, 240)
HSL	hsl(235, 71%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(235, 30%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(30%, 27.5%, 0%, 5.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.82, 12.58, -33.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.82, 35.87, 290.53°)
OKLab	oklab(77.03% 0.0163 -0.0931)
OKLCH	oklch(77.03% 0.094 279.9)
XYZ	xyz(47.0084, 44.8869, 88.6084)
Luminance	0.4489 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8AEF0 #F0EAA8

analogous

#A8D2F0 #A8AEF0 #C6A8F0

triadic

#A8AEF0 #F0A8AE #AEF0A8

tetradic

#A8AEF0 #F0A8D2 #F0EAA8 #A8F0C6

square

#A8AEF0 #F0A8D2 #F0EAA8 #A8F0C6

split-complementary

#A8AEF0 #F0C6A8 #D2F0A8

monochromatic

#404DDE #747DE7 #A8AEF0 #DCDFF9 #E5E7FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#A8AEF0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.98

#A8AEF0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8AEF0

9.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8AEF0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8AEF0	1.00	2.10	9.98	9.98
#FFFFFF	2.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BB5F3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97B0EE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#96BAC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8aef0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 174, 240);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.094 279.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3c6f5',
    500: '#a8aef0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8aef0;
$custom-light: #c3c6f5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8aef0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 240
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 235,
    "s": 70.588,
    "l": 80
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77032,
    "c": 0.09448,
    "h": 279.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.44888
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8AEF0

secondary

#F2F0D9

accent

#C313D3

background

#FCFCFE

surface

#F8F8FD

border

#D1D1D5

text

#131317

muted

#828285

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8AEF0

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

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