#A8B2EE#A8B2EE

#A8B2EE is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.463; OKLCH L 77.7% C 0.086 H 276.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8B2EE
RGB	rgb(168, 178, 238)
HSL	hsl(231, 67%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(231, 29%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.4%, 25.2%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.76, 9.86, -31.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.76, 32.57, 287.63°)
OKLab	oklab(77.74% 0.0103 -0.0858)
OKLCH	oklch(77.74% 0.086 276.9)
XYZ	xyz(47.4973, 46.3373, 87.3138)
Luminance	0.4634 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8B2EE #EEE4A8

analogous

#A8D5EE #A8B2EE #C1A8EE

triadic

#A8B2EE #EEA8B2 #B2EEA8

tetradic

#A8B2EE #EEA8D5 #EEE4A8 #A8EEC1

square

#A8B2EE #EEA8D5 #EEE4A8 #A8EEC1

split-complementary

#A8B2EE #EEC1A8 #D5EEA8

monochromatic

#4257DA #7585E4 #A8B2EE #DBDFF8 #E5E8FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#A8B2EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.27

#A8B2EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8B2EE

10.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8B2EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8B2EE	1.00	2.05	10.27	10.27
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0B8F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CB3ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#96BDC7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8b2ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 178, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.7% 0.086 276.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3c8f3',
    500: '#a8b2ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8b2ee;
$custom-light: #c3c8f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8b2ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 231.429,
    "s": 67.308,
    "l": 79.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77741,
    "c": 0.08644,
    "h": 276.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.46339
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8B2EE

secondary

#F2EED9

accent

#B516CF

background

#FCFCFE

surface

#F8F8FD

border

#D1D1D5

text

#131317

muted

#828285

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8B2EE

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

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