#A8BBDD#A8BBDD

#A8BBDD is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.491; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.053 H 262.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8BBDD
RGB	rgb(168, 187, 221)
HSL	hsl(218, 44%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(218, 24%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(24%, 15.4%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.50, 0.88, -19.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.50, 19.19, 272.63°)
OKLab	oklab(78.9% -0.0073 -0.0524)
OKLCH	oklch(78.9% 0.053 262.1)
XYZ	xyz(46.9664, 49.0846, 75.3923)
Luminance	0.4909 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8BBDD #DDCAA8

analogous

#A8D6DD #A8BBDD #B0A8DD

triadic

#A8BBDD #DDA8BB #BBDDA8

tetradic

#A8BBDD #DDA8D6 #DDCAA8 #A8DDB0

square

#A8BBDD #DDA8D6 #DDCAA8 #A8DDB0

split-complementary

#A8BBDD #DDB0A8 #D6DDA8

monochromatic

#5076BB #7C99CC #A8BBDD #D4DDEE #E9EEF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#A8BBDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.82

#A8BBDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8BBDD

10.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8BBDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8BBDD	1.00	1.94	10.82	10.82
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0BDDF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABB8DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9AC2C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8bbdd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 187, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.053 262.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2cfe7',
    500: '#a8bbdd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8bbdd;
$custom-light: #c2cfe7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8bbdd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 218.491,
    "s": 43.802,
    "l": 76.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.789,
    "c": 0.05288,
    "h": 262.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.49086
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8BBDD

secondary

#EDE8DE

accent

#862FB7

background

#FCFCFE

surface

#F8F9FC

border

#D1D2D5

text

#121316

muted

#818284

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8BBDD

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

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