#A8AEF8#A8AEF8

#A8AEF8 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.454; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.106 H 280.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8AEF8
RGB	rgb(168, 174, 248)
HSL	hsl(236, 85%, 82%)
HSV	hsv(236, 32%, 97%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.3%, 29.8%, 0%, 2.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.14, 14.58, -37.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.14, 40.17, 291.28°)
OKLab	oklab(77.39% 0.0184 -0.1041)
OKLCH	oklch(77.39% 0.106 280)
XYZ	xyz(48.2231, 45.3727, 95.0058)
Luminance	0.4537 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8AEF8 #F8F2A8

analogous

#A8D6F8 #A8AEF8 #CAA8F8

triadic

#A8AEF8 #F8A8AE #AEF8A8

tetradic

#A8AEF8 #F8A8D6 #F8F2A8 #A8F8CA

square

#A8AEF8 #F8A8D6 #F8F2A8 #A8F8CA

split-complementary

#A8AEF8 #F8CAA8 #D6F8A8

monochromatic

#3745EF #6F79F3 #A8AEF8 #E1E3FD #E3E5FD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#A8AEF8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.07

#A8AEF8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8AEF8

10.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8AEF8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8AEF8	1.00	2.08	10.07	10.07
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98B7FB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94B1F6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#93BCC8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8aef8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 174, 248);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.106 280.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4c6fb',
    500: '#a8aef8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8aef8;
$custom-light: #c4c6fb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8aef8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 248
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 235.5,
    "s": 85.106,
    "l": 81.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77385,
    "c": 0.10569,
    "h": 280
  },
  "luminance": 0.45374
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8AEF8

secondary

#F5F2D6

accent

#D104E2

background

#FCFCFF

surface

#F8F8FF

border

#D1D1D7

text

#131317

muted

#828285

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8AEF8

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

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