#A8B4E9#A8B4E9

#A8B4E9 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.469; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.077 H 274.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8B4E9
RGB	rgb(168, 180, 233)
HSL	hsl(229, 60%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(229, 28%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.9%, 22.7%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.09, 7.54, -27.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.09, 28.83, 285.16°)
OKLab	oklab(77.94% 0.0061 -0.0767)
OKLCH	oklch(77.94% 0.077 274.6)
XYZ	xyz(47.1737, 46.8492, 83.6323)
Luminance	0.4685 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8B4E9 #E9DDA8

analogous

#A8D4E9 #A8B4E9 #BCA8E9

triadic

#A8B4E9 #E9A8B4 #B4E9A8

tetradic

#A8B4E9 #E9A8D4 #E9DDA8 #A8E9BC

square

#A8B4E9 #E9A8D4 #E9DDA8 #A8E9BC

split-complementary

#A8B4E9 #E9BCA8 #D4E9A8

monochromatic

#4660D0 #778ADD #A8B4E9 #D9DEF5 #E7EAF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#A8B4E9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.37

#A8B4E9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8B4E9

10.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8B4E9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8B4E9	1.00	2.03	10.37	10.37
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4B9EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0B4E8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#97BEC6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8b4e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 180, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.077 274.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3caf0',
    500: '#a8b4e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8b4e9;
$custom-light: #c3caf0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8b4e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 228.923,
    "s": 59.633,
    "l": 78.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77936,
    "c": 0.07694,
    "h": 274.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.46851
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8B4E9

secondary

#F0ECDB

accent

#A81EC7

background

#FCFCFE

surface

#F8F8FD

border

#D1D1D5

text

#121316

muted

#818284

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8B4E9

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

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