#A8B2E4#A8B2E4

#A8B2E4 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.458; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.072 H 275.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8B2E4
RGB	rgb(168, 178, 228)
HSL	hsl(230, 53%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(230, 26%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.3%, 21.9%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.39, 7.44, -26.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.39, 27.22, 285.87°)
OKLab	oklab(77.33% 0.0073 -0.072)
OKLCH	oklch(77.33% 0.072 275.8)
XYZ	xyz(46.0687, 45.7658, 79.7902)
Luminance	0.4577 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8B2E4 #E4DAA8

analogous

#A8D0E4 #A8B2E4 #BCA8E4

triadic

#A8B2E4 #E4A8B2 #B2E4A8

tetradic

#A8B2E4 #E4A8D0 #E4DAA8 #A8E4BC

square

#A8B2E4 #E4A8D0 #E4DAA8 #A8E4BC

split-complementary

#A8B2E4 #E4BCA8 #D0E4A8

monochromatic

#4B5FC7 #7989D6 #A8B2E4 #D7DBF2 #E8EAF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#A8B2E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.15

#A8B2E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8B2E4

10.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8B2E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8B2E4	1.00	2.07	10.15	10.15
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4B7E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0B2E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#99BBC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8b2e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 178, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.072 275.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3c8ec',
    500: '#a8b2e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8b2e4;
$custom-light: #c3c8ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8b2e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 230,
    "s": 52.632,
    "l": 77.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77331,
    "c": 0.0724,
    "h": 275.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.45767
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8B2E4

secondary

#EFECDC

accent

#A625C0

background

#FCFCFE

surface

#F8F8FD

border

#D1D1D5

text

#121316

muted

#818284

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8B2E4

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

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