#A8BDF5#A8BDF5

#A8BDF5 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.513; OKLCH L 80.2% C 0.083 H 268.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8BDF5
RGB	rgb(168, 189, 245)
HSL	hsl(224, 79%, 81%)
HSV	hsv(224, 31%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.4%, 22.9%, 0%, 3.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.87, 5.54, -30.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.87, 30.55, 280.45°)
OKLab	oklab(80.24% -0.0021 -0.083)
OKLCH	oklch(80.24% 0.083 268.6)
XYZ	xyz(50.8228, 51.3107, 93.5947)
Luminance	0.5131 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8BDF5 #F5E0A8

analogous

#A8E3F5 #A8BDF5 #B9A8F5

triadic

#A8BDF5 #F5A8BD #BDF5A8

tetradic

#A8BDF5 #F5A8E3 #F5E0A8 #A8F5B9

square

#A8BDF5 #F5A8E3 #F5E0A8 #A8F5B9

split-complementary

#A8BDF5 #F5B9A8 #E3F5A8

monochromatic

#3A6AE8 #7193EF #A8BDF5 #DFE7FB #E4EAFC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#A8BDF5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.26

#A8BDF5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8BDF5

11.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8BDF5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8BDF5	1.00	1.86	11.26	11.26
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABC1F8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4BBF4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#92C8D0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8bdf5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 189, 245);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.2% 0.083 268.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3d0f8',
    500: '#a8bdf5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8bdf5;
$custom-light: #c3d0f8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8bdf5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 245
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 223.636,
    "s": 79.381,
    "l": 80.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80244,
    "c": 0.08305,
    "h": 268.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.51313
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8BDF5

secondary

#D5B86C

accent

#A20ADC

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F9FBFF

border

#D2D4D7

text

#131417

muted

#828385

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8BDF5

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

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