#A8BBDA#A8BBDA

#A8BBDA is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.489; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.049 H 260.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8BBDA
RGB	rgb(168, 187, 218)
HSL	hsl(217, 40%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(217, 23%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.9%, 14.2%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.41, 0.19, -17.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.41, 17.70, 270.62°)
OKLab	oklab(78.79% -0.0083 -0.0483)
OKLCH	oklch(78.79% 0.049 260.2)
XYZ	xyz(46.5703, 48.9262, 73.3061)
Luminance	0.4893 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8BBDA #DAC7A8

analogous

#A8D4DA #A8BBDA #AEA8DA

triadic

#A8BBDA #DAA8BB #BBDAA8

tetradic

#A8BBDA #DAA8D4 #DAC7A8 #A8DAAE

square

#A8BBDA #DAA8D4 #DAC7A8 #A8DAAE

split-complementary

#A8BBDA #DAAEA8 #D4DAA8

monochromatic

#5278B5 #7D99C8 #A8BBDA #D3DDEC #EAEEF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#A8BBDA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.79

#A8BBDA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8BBDA

10.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8BBDA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8BBDA	1.00	1.95	10.79	10.79
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1BCDC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACB8D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9BC1C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8bbda;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 187, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.049 260.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2cfe5',
    500: '#a8bbda',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8bbda;
$custom-light: #c2cfe5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8bbda",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 217.2,
    "s": 40.323,
    "l": 75.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7879,
    "c": 0.04899,
    "h": 260.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.48927
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8BBDA

secondary

#EDE7DE

accent

#8232B3

background

#FCFCFE

surface

#F8F9FC

border

#D1D2D5

text

#121315

muted

#818284

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8BBDA

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

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