#A8AFE4#A8AFE4

#A8AFE4 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.446; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.076 H 278.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8AFE4
RGB	rgb(168, 175, 228)
HSL	hsl(233, 53%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(233, 26%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.3%, 23.2%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.62, 9.10, -27.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.62, 28.85, 288.39°)
OKLab	oklab(76.73% 0.0114 -0.0754)
OKLCH	oklch(76.73% 0.076 278.6)
XYZ	xyz(45.4783, 44.5851, 79.5934)
Luminance	0.4459 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8AFE4 #E4DDA8

analogous

#A8CDE4 #A8AFE4 #BFA8E4

triadic

#A8AFE4 #E4A8AF #AFE4A8

tetradic

#A8AFE4 #E4A8CD #E4DDA8 #A8E4BF

square

#A8AFE4 #E4A8CD #E4DDA8 #A8E4BF

split-complementary

#A8AFE4 #E4BFA8 #CDE4A8

monochromatic

#4B59C7 #7984D6 #A8AFE4 #D7DAF2 #E8EAF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#A8AFE4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.92

#A8AFE4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8AFE4

9.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8AFE4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8AFE4	1.00	2.12	9.92	9.92
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0B4E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DB0E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#99B9C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8afe4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 175, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.076 278.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3c6ec',
    500: '#a8afe4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8afe4;
$custom-light: #c3c6ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8afe4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 233,
    "s": 52.632,
    "l": 77.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76727,
    "c": 0.07623,
    "h": 278.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.44586
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8AFE4

secondary

#EFEDDC

accent

#AE25C0

background

#FCFCFE

surface

#F8F8FD

border

#D1D1D5

text

#121316

muted

#818284

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8AFE4

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

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