#A8AEF5#A8AEF5

#A8AEF5 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.452; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.101 H 280.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8AEF5
RGB	rgb(168, 174, 245)
HSL	hsl(235, 79%, 81%)
HSV	hsv(235, 31%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.4%, 29%, 0%, 3.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.02, 13.82, -35.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.02, 38.56, 291.01°)
OKLab	oklab(77.25% 0.0176 -0.0999)
OKLCH	oklch(77.25% 0.101 280)
XYZ	xyz(47.7614, 45.1881, 92.5742)
Luminance	0.4519 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8AEF5 #F5EFA8

analogous

#A8D4F5 #A8AEF5 #C8A8F5

triadic

#A8AEF5 #F5A8AE #AEF5A8

tetradic

#A8AEF5 #F5A8D4 #F5EFA8 #A8F5C8

square

#A8AEF5 #F5A8D4 #F5EFA8 #A8F5C8

split-complementary

#A8AEF5 #F5C8A8 #D4F5A8

monochromatic

#3A48E8 #717BEF #A8AEF5 #DFE1FB #E4E5FC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#A8AEF5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.04

#A8AEF5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8AEF5

10.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8AEF5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8AEF5	1.00	2.09	10.04	10.04
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99B6F8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95B1F3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#94BBC7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8aef5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 174, 245);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.101 280.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3c6f8',
    500: '#a8aef5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8aef5;
$custom-light: #c3c6f8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8aef5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 245
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 235.325,
    "s": 79.381,
    "l": 80.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77251,
    "c": 0.10149,
    "h": 280
  },
  "luminance": 0.4519
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8AEF5

secondary

#F4F1D7

accent

#CB0ADC

background

#FCFCFF

surface

#F8F8FF

border

#D1D1D7

text

#131317

muted

#828285

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8AEF5

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

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