#A8B2EB#A8B2EB

#A8B2EB is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.462; OKLCH L 77.6% C 0.082 H 276.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8B2EB
RGB	rgb(168, 178, 235)
HSL	hsl(231, 63%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(231, 29%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.5%, 24.3%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.65, 9.13, -29.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.65, 30.97, 287.15°)
OKLab	oklab(77.62% 0.0094 -0.0817)
OKLCH	oklch(77.62% 0.082 276.6)
XYZ	xyz(47.0602, 46.1624, 85.0119)
Luminance	0.4616 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8B2EB #EBE1A8

analogous

#A8D4EB #A8B2EB #C0A8EB

triadic

#A8B2EB #EBA8B2 #B2EBA8

tetradic

#A8B2EB #EBA8D4 #EBE1A8 #A8EBC0

square

#A8B2EB #EBA8D4 #EBE1A8 #A8EBC0

split-complementary

#A8B2EB #EBC0A8 #D4EBA8

monochromatic

#445AD4 #7686E0 #A8B2EB #DADEF6 #E6E9F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#A8B2EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.23

#A8B2EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8B2EB

10.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8B2EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8B2EB	1.00	2.05	10.23	10.23
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1B8EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DB3EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#97BDC6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8b2eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 178, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.082 276.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3c8f1',
    500: '#a8b2eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8b2eb;
$custom-light: #c3c8f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8b2eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 231.045,
    "s": 62.617,
    "l": 79.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77616,
    "c": 0.08223,
    "h": 276.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.46164
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8B2EB

secondary

#F1EDDA

accent

#B01BCA

background

#FCFCFE

surface

#F8F8FD

border

#D1D1D5

text

#121316

muted

#818284

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8B2EB

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

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