#A8BEEB#A8BEEB

#A8BEEB is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.511; OKLCH L 80.0% C 0.069 H 264.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8BEEB
RGB	rgb(168, 190, 235)
HSL	hsl(220, 63%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(220, 29%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.5%, 19.1%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.77, 2.56, -24.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.77, 24.95, 275.88°)
OKLab	oklab(80.05% -0.0066 -0.0682)
OKLCH	oklch(80.05% 0.069 264.5)
XYZ	xyz(49.5531, 51.1482, 85.8429)
Luminance	0.5115 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8BEEB #EBD5A8

analogous

#A8E0EB #A8BEEB #B4A8EB

triadic

#A8BEEB #EBA8BE #BEEBA8

tetradic

#A8BEEB #EBA8E0 #EBD5A8 #A8EBB4

square

#A8BEEB #EBA8E0 #EBD5A8 #A8EBB4

split-complementary

#A8BEEB #EBB4A8 #E0EBA8

monochromatic

#4474D4 #7699E0 #A8BEEB #DAE3F6 #E6ECF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#A8BEEB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.23

#A8BEEB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8BEEB

11.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8BEEB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8BEEB	1.00	1.87	11.23	11.23
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0C1ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9BBEA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#96C7CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8beeb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 190, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.0% 0.069 264.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3d1f1',
    500: '#a8beeb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8beeb;
$custom-light: #c3d1f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8beeb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 220.299,
    "s": 62.617,
    "l": 79.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80048,
    "c": 0.06854,
    "h": 264.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.5115
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8BEEB

secondary

#C7AB70

accent

#911BCA

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F9FBFE

border

#D2D4D6

text

#121416

muted

#828385

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8BEEB

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

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