#A8AFF6#A8AFF6

#A8AFF6 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.456; OKLCH L 77.5% C 0.102 H 279.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8AFF6
RGB	rgb(168, 175, 246)
HSL	hsl(235, 81%, 81%)
HSV	hsv(235, 32%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.7%, 28.9%, 0%, 3.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.31, 13.52, -36.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.31, 38.53, 290.54°)
OKLab	oklab(77.49% 0.0166 -0.1002)
OKLCH	oklch(77.49% 0.102 279.4)
XYZ	xyz(48.1084, 45.6371, 93.4450)
Luminance	0.4564 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8AFF6 #F6EFA8

analogous

#A8D6F6 #A8AFF6 #C8A8F6

triadic

#A8AFF6 #F6A8AF #AFF6A8

tetradic

#A8AFF6 #F6A8D6 #F6EFA8 #A8F6C8

square

#A8AFF6 #F6A8D6 #F6EFA8 #A8F6C8

split-complementary

#A8AFF6 #F6C8A8 #D6F6A8

monochromatic

#3949EB #717CF0 #A8AFF6 #DFE2FC #E3E6FC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#A8AFF6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.13

#A8AFF6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8AFF6

10.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8AFF6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8AFF6	1.00	2.07	10.13	10.13
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AB7F9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95B1F4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#94BCC8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8aff6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 175, 246);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.102 279.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3c6f9',
    500: '#a8aff6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8aff6;
$custom-light: #c3c6f9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8aff6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 246
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 234.615,
    "s": 81.25,
    "l": 81.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77492,
    "c": 0.10156,
    "h": 279.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.45639
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8AFF6

secondary

#F4F1D7

accent

#CA08DE

background

#FCFCFF

surface

#F8F8FF

border

#D1D1D7

text

#131317

muted

#828285

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8AFF6

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

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