#A8BDEE#A8BDEE

#A8BDEE is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.509; OKLCH L 80.0% C 0.074 H 266.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8BDEE
RGB	rgb(168, 189, 238)
HSL	hsl(222, 67%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(222, 29%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.4%, 20.6%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.61, 3.82, -26.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.61, 26.94, 278.16°)
OKLab	oklab(79.96% -0.0043 -0.0734)
OKLCH	oklch(79.96% 0.074 266.6)
XYZ	xyz(49.7743, 50.8914, 88.0728)
Luminance	0.5089 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8BDEE #EED9A8

analogous

#A8E0EE #A8BDEE #B6A8EE

triadic

#A8BDEE #EEA8BD #BDEEA8

tetradic

#A8BDEE #EEA8E0 #EED9A8 #A8EEB6

square

#A8BDEE #EEA8E0 #EED9A8 #A8EEB6

split-complementary

#A8BDEE #EEB6A8 #E0EEA8

monochromatic

#426FDA #7596E4 #A8BDEE #DBE4F8 #E5ECFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#A8BDEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.18

#A8BDEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8BDEE

11.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8BDEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8BDEE	1.00	1.88	11.18	11.18
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADC0F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7BAED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#95C7CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8bdee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 189, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.0% 0.074 266.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3d0f3',
    500: '#a8bdee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8bdee;
$custom-light: #c3d0f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8bdee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 222,
    "s": 67.308,
    "l": 79.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79962,
    "c": 0.07357,
    "h": 266.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.50893
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8BDEE

secondary

#CBB06F

accent

#9816CF

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F9FBFE

border

#D2D4D6

text

#131417

muted

#828385

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8BDEE

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

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