#A8AEF9#A8AEF9

#A8AEF9 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.454; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.107 H 280.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8AEF9
RGB	rgb(168, 174, 249)
HSL	hsl(236, 87%, 82%)
HSV	hsv(236, 33%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.5%, 30.1%, 0%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.18, 14.83, -37.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.18, 40.71, 291.37°)
OKLab	oklab(77.43% 0.0187 -0.1054)
OKLCH	oklch(77.43% 0.107 280.1)
XYZ	xyz(48.3787, 45.4350, 95.8250)
Luminance	0.4544 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8AEF9 #F9F3A8

analogous

#A8D7F9 #A8AEF9 #CBA8F9

triadic

#A8AEF9 #F9A8AE #AEF9A8

tetradic

#A8AEF9 #F9A8D7 #F9F3A8 #A8F9CB

square

#A8AEF9 #F9A8D7 #F9F3A8 #A8F9CB

split-complementary

#A8AEF9 #F9CBA8 #D7F9A8

monochromatic

#3543F1 #6F79F5 #A8AEF9 #E1E3FD #E2E4FD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#A8AEF9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.09

#A8AEF9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8AEF9

10.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8AEF9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8AEF9	1.00	2.08	10.09	10.09
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97B7FC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93B1F7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#93BCC9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8aef9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 174, 249);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.107 280.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4c6fb',
    500: '#a8aef9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8aef9;
$custom-light: #c4c6fb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8aef9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 249
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 235.556,
    "s": 87.097,
    "l": 81.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7743,
    "c": 0.10709,
    "h": 280.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.45436
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8AEF9

secondary

#F5F3D6

accent

#D302E4

background

#FCFCFF

surface

#F8F8FF

border

#D1D1D7

text

#131317

muted

#828285

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8AEF9

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

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