#A8B2ED#A8B2ED

#A8B2ED is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.463; OKLCH L 77.7% C 0.085 H 276.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8B2ED
RGB	rgb(168, 178, 237)
HSL	hsl(231, 66%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(231, 29%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.1%, 24.9%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.73, 9.62, -30.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.73, 32.04, 287.47°)
OKLab	oklab(77.7% 0.01 -0.0844)
OKLCH	oklch(77.7% 0.085 276.8)
XYZ	xyz(47.3508, 46.2787, 86.5422)
Luminance	0.4628 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8B2ED #EDE3A8

analogous

#A8D5ED #A8B2ED #C1A8ED

triadic

#A8B2ED #EDA8B2 #B2EDA8

tetradic

#A8B2ED #EDA8D5 #EDE3A8 #A8EDC1

square

#A8B2ED #EDA8D5 #EDE3A8 #A8EDC1

split-complementary

#A8B2ED #EDC1A8 #D5EDA8

monochromatic

#4358D8 #7585E3 #A8B2ED #DBDFF7 #E6E9FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#A8B2ED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.26

#A8B2ED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8B2ED

10.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8B2ED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8B2ED	1.00	2.05	10.26	10.26
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1B8F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CB3EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#96BDC6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8b2ed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 178, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.7% 0.085 276.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3c8f3',
    500: '#a8b2ed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8b2ed;
$custom-light: #c3c8f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8b2ed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 231.304,
    "s": 65.714,
    "l": 79.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77699,
    "c": 0.08503,
    "h": 276.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.4628
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8B2ED

secondary

#F1EEDA

accent

#B318CE

background

#FCFCFE

surface

#F8F8FD

border

#D1D1D5

text

#131317

muted

#828285

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8B2ED

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

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