#A8BCE5#A8BCE5

#A8BCE5 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.499; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.063 H 264.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8BCE5
RGB	rgb(168, 188, 229)
HSL	hsl(220, 54%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(220, 27%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.6%, 17.9%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.04, 2.21, -22.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.04, 22.80, 275.56°)
OKLab	oklab(79.41% -0.0059 -0.0622)
OKLCH	oklch(79.41% 0.063 264.6)
XYZ	xyz(48.2706, 49.9469, 81.2110)
Luminance	0.4995 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8BCE5 #E5D1A8

analogous

#A8DAE5 #A8BCE5 #B2A8E5

triadic

#A8BCE5 #E5A8BC #BCE5A8

tetradic

#A8BCE5 #E5A8DA #E5D1A8 #A8E5B2

square

#A8BCE5 #E5A8DA #E5D1A8 #A8E5B2

split-complementary

#A8BCE5 #E5B2A8 #DAE5A8

monochromatic

#4A73C9 #7998D7 #A8BCE5 #D7E0F3 #E7EDF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#A8BCE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.99

#A8BCE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8BCE5

10.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8BCE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8BCE5	1.00	1.91	10.99	10.99
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFBFE7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9B9E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#98C4CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8bce5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 188, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.063 264.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3d0ed',
    500: '#a8bce5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8bce5;
$custom-light: #c3d0ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8bce5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 220.328,
    "s": 53.982,
    "l": 77.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79407,
    "c": 0.06252,
    "h": 264.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.49948
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8BCE5

secondary

#EFE9DC

accent

#8E24C1

background

#FCFCFE

surface

#F8F9FD

border

#D1D2D5

text

#121316

muted

#818284

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8BCE5

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

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