#A8AEF4#A8AEF4

#A8AEF4 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.451; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.100 H 280.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8AEF4
RGB	rgb(168, 174, 244)
HSL	hsl(235, 78%, 81%)
HSV	hsv(235, 31%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.1%, 28.7%, 0%, 4.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.98, 13.57, -35.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.98, 38.02, 290.92°)
OKLab	oklab(77.21% 0.0174 -0.0986)
OKLCH	oklch(77.21% 0.1 280)
XYZ	xyz(47.6092, 45.1272, 91.7724)
Luminance	0.4513 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8AEF4 #F4EEA8

analogous

#A8D4F4 #A8AEF4 #C8A8F4

triadic

#A8AEF4 #F4A8AE #AEF4A8

tetradic

#A8AEF4 #F4A8D4 #F4EEA8 #A8F4C8

square

#A8AEF4 #F4A8D4 #F4EEA8 #A8F4C8

split-complementary

#A8AEF4 #F4C8A8 #D4F4A8

monochromatic

#3B49E6 #727BED #A8AEF4 #DEE1FB #E4E6FC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#A8AEF4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.03

#A8AEF4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8AEF4

10.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8AEF4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8AEF4	1.00	2.09	10.03	10.03
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99B6F7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95B1F2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#94BBC7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8aef4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 174, 244);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.100 280.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3c6f8',
    500: '#a8aef4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8aef4;
$custom-light: #c3c6f8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8aef4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 244
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 235.263,
    "s": 77.551,
    "l": 80.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77207,
    "c": 0.1001,
    "h": 280
  },
  "luminance": 0.45129
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8AEF4

secondary

#F3F1D8

accent

#CA0CDA

background

#FCFCFF

surface

#F8F8FF

border

#D1D1D7

text

#131317

muted

#828285

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8AEF4

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

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