#A8BBFF#A8BBFF

#A8BBFF is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.511; OKLCH L 80.3% C 0.099 H 272.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8BBFF
RGB	rgb(168, 187, 255)
HSL	hsl(227, 100%, 83%)
HSV	hsv(227, 34%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.1%, 26.7%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.73, 9.15, -35.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.73, 36.79, 284.40°)
OKLab	oklab(80.26% 0.0035 -0.0989)
OKLCH	oklch(80.26% 0.099 272)
XYZ	xyz(51.9635, 51.0835, 101.7105)
Luminance	0.5109 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8BBFF #FFECA8

analogous

#A8E6FF #A8BBFF #C1A8FF

triadic

#A8BBFF #FFA8BB #BBFFA8

tetradic

#A8BBFF #FFA8E6 #FFECA8 #A8FFC1

square

#A8BBFF #FFA8E6 #FFECA8 #A8FFC1

split-complementary

#A8BBFF #FFC1A8 #E6FFA8

monochromatic

#2E5BFF #6B8BFF #A8BBFF #E0E7FF #E0E7FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#A8BBFF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.22

#A8BBFF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8BBFF

11.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8BBFF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8BBFF	1.00	1.87	11.22	11.22
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5C1FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EBAFD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8FC8D3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8bbff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 187, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.3% 0.099 272.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4cfff',
    500: '#a8bbff',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8bbff;
$custom-light: #c4cfff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8bbff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 226.897,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 82.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80262,
    "c": 0.09899,
    "h": 272
  },
  "luminance": 0.51085
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8BBFF

secondary

#E4C967

accent

#B300E6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F9FBFF

border

#D2D4D7

text

#131318

muted

#828386

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8BBFF

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

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