#A8B2EA#A8B2EA

#A8B2EA is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.461; OKLCH L 77.6% C 0.081 H 276.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8B2EA
RGB	rgb(168, 178, 234)
HSL	hsl(231, 61%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(231, 28%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.2%, 23.9%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.61, 8.89, -29.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.61, 30.43, 286.98°)
OKLab	oklab(77.58% 0.0091 -0.0803)
OKLCH	oklch(77.58% 0.081 276.5)
XYZ	xyz(46.9161, 46.1048, 84.2532)
Luminance	0.4611 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8B2EA #EAE0A8

analogous

#A8D3EA #A8B2EA #BFA8EA

triadic

#A8B2EA #EAA8B2 #B2EAA8

tetradic

#A8B2EA #EAA8D3 #EAE0A8 #A8EABF

square

#A8B2EA #EAA8D3 #EAE0A8 #A8EABF

split-complementary

#A8B2EA #EABFA8 #D3EAA8

monochromatic

#455BD2 #7786DE #A8B2EA #D9DEF6 #E6E9F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#A8B2EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.22

#A8B2EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8B2EA

10.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8B2EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8B2EA	1.00	2.05	10.22	10.22
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2B8EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DB3E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#97BCC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8b2ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 178, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.081 276.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3c8f1',
    500: '#a8b2ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8b2ea;
$custom-light: #c3c8f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8b2ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 230.909,
    "s": 61.111,
    "l": 78.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77575,
    "c": 0.08083,
    "h": 276.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.46106
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8B2EA

secondary

#F0EDDB

accent

#AF1DC9

background

#FCFCFE

surface

#F8F8FD

border

#D1D1D5

text

#121316

muted

#818284

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8B2EA

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

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