#A8BEE2#A8BEE2

#A8BEE2 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.506; OKLCH L 79.7% C 0.057 H 260.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8BEE2
RGB	rgb(168, 190, 226)
HSL	hsl(217, 50%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(217, 26%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.7%, 15.9%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.46, 0.42, -20.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.46, 20.43, 271.18°)
OKLab	oklab(79.71% -0.0096 -0.0559)
OKLCH	oklch(79.71% 0.057 260.2)
XYZ	xyz(48.2856, 50.6412, 79.1674)
Luminance	0.5064 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8BEE2 #E2CCA8

analogous

#A8DBE2 #A8BEE2 #AFA8E2

triadic

#A8BEE2 #E2A8BE #BEE2A8

tetradic

#A8BEE2 #E2A8DB #E2CCA8 #A8E2AF

square

#A8BEE2 #E2A8DB #E2CCA8 #A8E2AF

split-complementary

#A8BEE2 #E2AFA8 #DBE2A8

monochromatic

#4C79C3 #7A9CD3 #A8BEE2 #D6E0F1 #E8EEF7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#A8BEE2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.13

#A8BEE2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8BEE2

11.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8BEE2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8BEE2	1.00	1.89	11.13	11.13
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2C0E4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACBAE1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#98C5CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8bee2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 190, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.057 260.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2d1eb',
    500: '#a8bee2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8bee2;
$custom-light: #c2d1eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8bee2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 217.241,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 77.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79706,
    "c": 0.05672,
    "h": 260.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.50643
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8BEE2

secondary

#BBA073

accent

#8528BD

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F9FBFD

border

#D2D4D5

text

#121416

muted

#828384

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8BEE2

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

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