#A8B4E4#A8B4E4

#A8B4E4 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.466; OKLCH L 77.7% C 0.070 H 273.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8B4E4
RGB	rgb(168, 180, 228)
HSL	hsl(228, 53%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(228, 26%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.3%, 21.1%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.91, 6.34, -25.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.91, 26.17, 284.02°)
OKLab	oklab(77.74% 0.0046 -0.0698)
OKLCH	oklch(77.74% 0.07 273.7)
XYZ	xyz(46.4696, 46.5675, 79.9238)
Luminance	0.4657 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8B4E4 #E4D8A8

analogous

#A8D2E4 #A8B4E4 #BAA8E4

triadic

#A8B4E4 #E4A8B4 #B4E4A8

tetradic

#A8B4E4 #E4A8D2 #E4D8A8 #A8E4BA

square

#A8B4E4 #E4A8D2 #E4D8A8 #A8E4BA

split-complementary

#A8B4E4 #E4BAA8 #D2E4A8

monochromatic

#4B63C7 #798CD6 #A8B4E4 #D7DCF2 #E8EBF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#A8B4E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.31

#A8B4E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8B4E4

10.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8B4E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8B4E4	1.00	2.04	10.31	10.31
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6B8E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2B3E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#99BDC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8b4e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 180, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.7% 0.070 273.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3caec',
    500: '#a8b4e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8b4e4;
$custom-light: #c3caec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8b4e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 228,
    "s": 52.632,
    "l": 77.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77735,
    "c": 0.06995,
    "h": 273.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.46569
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8B4E4

secondary

#EFEBDC

accent

#A125C0

background

#FCFCFE

surface

#F8F8FD

border

#D1D1D5

text

#121316

muted

#818284

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8B4E4

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

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