#A8AEF6#A8AEF6

#A8AEF6 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.453; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.103 H 280.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8AEF6
RGB	rgb(168, 174, 246)
HSL	hsl(235, 81%, 81%)
HSV	hsv(235, 32%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.7%, 29.3%, 0%, 3.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.06, 14.07, -36.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.06, 39.10, 291.10°)
OKLab	oklab(77.3% 0.0179 -0.1013)
OKLCH	oklch(77.3% 0.103 280)
XYZ	xyz(47.9145, 45.2493, 93.3804)
Luminance	0.4525 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8AEF6 #F6F0A8

analogous

#A8D5F6 #A8AEF6 #C9A8F6

triadic

#A8AEF6 #F6A8AE #AEF6A8

tetradic

#A8AEF6 #F6A8D5 #F6F0A8 #A8F6C9

square

#A8AEF6 #F6A8D5 #F6F0A8 #A8F6C9

split-complementary

#A8AEF6 #F6C9A8 #D5F6A8

monochromatic

#3947EB #717AF0 #A8AEF6 #DFE2FC #E3E5FC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#A8AEF6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.05

#A8AEF6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8AEF6

10.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8AEF6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8AEF6	1.00	2.09	10.05	10.05
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99B6F9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94B1F4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#94BBC8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8aef6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 174, 246);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.103 280.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3c6f9',
    500: '#a8aef6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8aef6;
$custom-light: #c3c6f9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8aef6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 246
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 235.385,
    "s": 81.25,
    "l": 81.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77296,
    "c": 0.1029,
    "h": 280
  },
  "luminance": 0.45251
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8AEF6

secondary

#F4F2D7

accent

#CD08DE

background

#FCFCFF

surface

#F8F8FF

border

#D1D1D7

text

#131317

muted

#828285

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8AEF6

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

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