#A8AEF3#A8AEF3

#A8AEF3 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.451; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.099 H 280.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8AEF3
RGB	rgb(168, 174, 243)
HSL	hsl(235, 76%, 81%)
HSV	hsv(235, 31%, 95%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.9%, 28.4%, 0%, 4.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.94, 13.32, -35.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.94, 37.48, 290.82°)
OKLab	oklab(77.16% 0.0171 -0.0972)
OKLCH	oklch(77.16% 0.099 280)
XYZ	xyz(47.4578, 45.0666, 90.9749)
Luminance	0.4507 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8AEF3 #F3EDA8

analogous

#A8D3F3 #A8AEF3 #C7A8F3

triadic

#A8AEF3 #F3A8AE #AEF3A8

tetradic

#A8AEF3 #F3A8D3 #F3EDA8 #A8F3C7

square

#A8AEF3 #F3A8D3 #F3EDA8 #A8F3C7

split-complementary

#A8AEF3 #F3C7A8 #D3F3A8

monochromatic

#3C4AE4 #727CEC #A8AEF3 #DEE0FA #E4E6FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#A8AEF3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.01

#A8AEF3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8AEF3

10.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8AEF3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8AEF3	1.00	2.10	10.01	10.01
#FFFFFF	2.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AB6F6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96B0F1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#95BBC6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8aef3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 174, 243);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.099 280.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3c6f7',
    500: '#a8aef3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8aef3;
$custom-light: #c3c6f7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8aef3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 243
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 235.2,
    "s": 75.758,
    "l": 80.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77163,
    "c": 0.09869,
    "h": 280
  },
  "luminance": 0.45068
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8AEF3

secondary

#F3F1D8

accent

#C80ED8

background

#FCFCFF

surface

#F8F8FE

border

#D1D1D6

text

#131317

muted

#828285

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8AEF3

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

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