#A8BDFF#A8BDFF

#A8BDFF is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.519; OKLCH L 80.7% C 0.097 H 270.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8BDFF
RGB	rgb(168, 189, 255)
HSL	hsl(226, 100%, 83%)
HSV	hsv(226, 34%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.1%, 25.9%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.24, 8.05, -34.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.24, 35.75, 283.01°)
OKLab	oklab(80.66% 0.0009 -0.0967)
OKLCH	oklch(80.66% 0.097 270.5)
XYZ	xyz(52.3908, 51.9379, 101.8529)
Luminance	0.5194 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8BDFF #FFEAA8

analogous

#A8E9FF #A8BDFF #BEA8FF

triadic

#A8BDFF #FFA8BD #BDFFA8

tetradic

#A8BDFF #FFA8E9 #FFEAA8 #A8FFBE

square

#A8BDFF #FFA8E9 #FFEAA8 #A8FFBE

split-complementary

#A8BDFF #FFBEA8 #E9FFA8

monochromatic

#2E60FF #6B8FFF #A8BDFF #E0E8FF #E0E8FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#A8BDFF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.39

#A8BDFF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8BDFF

11.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8BDFF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8BDFF	1.00	1.84	11.39	11.39
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8C3FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0BBFD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8FCAD4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8bdff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 189, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.7% 0.097 270.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4d0ff',
    500: '#a8bdff',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8bdff;
$custom-light: #c4d0ff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8bdff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 225.517,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 82.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80662,
    "c": 0.09666,
    "h": 270.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.5194
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8BDFF

secondary

#E4C667

accent

#AE00E6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F9FBFF

border

#D2D4D7

text

#131418

muted

#828386

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8BDFF

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

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