#A8B7ED#A8B7ED

#A8B7ED is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.483; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.079 H 272.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8B7ED
RGB	rgb(168, 183, 237)
HSL	hsl(227, 66%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(227, 29%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.1%, 22.8%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.02, 6.86, -28.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.02, 29.39, 283.50°)
OKLab	oklab(78.7% 0.0034 -0.0788)
OKLCH	oklch(78.7% 0.079 272.4)
XYZ	xyz(48.3638, 48.3047, 86.8799)
Luminance	0.4831 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8B7ED #EDDEA8

analogous

#A8D9ED #A8B7ED #BCA8ED

triadic

#A8B7ED #EDA8B7 #B7EDA8

tetradic

#A8B7ED #EDA8D9 #EDDEA8 #A8EDBC

square

#A8B7ED #EDA8D9 #EDDEA8 #A8EDBC

split-complementary

#A8B7ED #EDBCA8 #D9EDA8

monochromatic

#4363D8 #758DE3 #A8B7ED #DBE1F7 #E6EAFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#A8B7ED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.66

#A8B7ED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8B7ED

10.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8B7ED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8B7ED	1.00	1.97	10.66	10.66
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7BCEF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1B6EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#96C1C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8b7ed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 183, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.079 272.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3ccf3',
    500: '#a8b7ed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8b7ed;
$custom-light: #c3ccf3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8b7ed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 226.957,
    "s": 65.714,
    "l": 79.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78704,
    "c": 0.07889,
    "h": 272.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.48306
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8B7ED

secondary

#F1ECDA

accent

#A618CE

background

#FCFCFE

surface

#F8F8FD

border

#D1D1D5

text

#131317

muted

#828285

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8B7ED

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

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