#A8B1ED#A8B1ED

#A8B1ED is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.459; OKLCH L 77.5% C 0.086 H 277.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8B1ED
RGB	rgb(168, 177, 237)
HSL	hsl(232, 66%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(232, 29%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.1%, 25.3%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.47, 10.17, -30.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.47, 32.59, 288.19°)
OKLab	oklab(77.5% 0.0114 -0.0856)
OKLCH	oklch(77.5% 0.086 277.6)
XYZ	xyz(47.1525, 45.8822, 86.4761)
Luminance	0.4588 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8B1ED #EDE4A8

analogous

#A8D4ED #A8B1ED #C2A8ED

triadic

#A8B1ED #EDA8B1 #B1EDA8

tetradic

#A8B1ED #EDA8D4 #EDE4A8 #A8EDC2

square

#A8B1ED #EDA8D4 #EDE4A8 #A8EDC2

split-complementary

#A8B1ED #EDC2A8 #D4EDA8

monochromatic

#4356D8 #7584E3 #A8B1ED #DBDEF7 #E6E8FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#A8B1ED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.18

#A8B1ED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8B1ED

10.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8B1ED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8B1ED	1.00	2.06	10.18	10.18
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FB7F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BB2EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#96BCC6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8b1ed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 177, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.086 277.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3c8f3',
    500: '#a8b1ed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8b1ed;
$custom-light: #c3c8f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8b1ed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 232.174,
    "s": 65.714,
    "l": 79.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.775,
    "c": 0.08632,
    "h": 277.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.45884
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8B1ED

secondary

#F1EEDA

accent

#B618CE

background

#FCFCFE

surface

#F8F8FD

border

#D1D1D5

text

#131317

muted

#828285

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8B1ED

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

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