#A8B3EF#A8B3EF

#A8B3EF is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.468; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.087 H 276.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8B3EF
RGB	rgb(168, 179, 239)
HSL	hsl(231, 69%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(231, 30%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.7%, 25.1%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.06, 9.56, -31.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.06, 32.57, 287.06°)
OKLab	oklab(77.98% 0.0093 -0.0861)
OKLCH	oklch(77.98% 0.087 276.2)
XYZ	xyz(47.8443, 46.7956, 88.1563)
Luminance	0.4680 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8B3EF #EFE4A8

analogous

#A8D7EF #A8B3EF #C0A8EF

triadic

#A8B3EF #EFA8B3 #B3EFA8

tetradic

#A8B3EF #EFA8D7 #EFE4A8 #A8EFC0

square

#A8B3EF #EFA8D7 #EFE4A8 #A8EFC0

split-complementary

#A8B3EF #EFC0A8 #D7EFA8

monochromatic

#4159DC #7486E5 #A8B3EF #DCE0F9 #E5E8FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#A8B3EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.36

#A8B3EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8B3EF

10.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8B3EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8B3EF	1.00	2.03	10.36	10.36
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1B9F2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DB4EE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#95BEC8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8b3ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 179, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.087 276.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3c9f4',
    500: '#a8b3ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8b3ef;
$custom-light: #c3c9f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8b3ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 230.704,
    "s": 68.932,
    "l": 79.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77983,
    "c": 0.08657,
    "h": 276.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.46797
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8B3EF

secondary

#F2EED9

accent

#B415D1

background

#FCFCFE

surface

#F8F8FD

border

#D1D1D5

text

#131317

muted

#828285

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8B3EF

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

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