#A8BEEE#A8BEEE

#A8BEEE is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.513; OKLCH L 80.2% C 0.073 H 265.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8BEEE
RGB	rgb(168, 190, 238)
HSL	hsl(221, 67%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(221, 29%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.4%, 20.2%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.87, 3.28, -26.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.87, 26.47, 277.12°)
OKLab	oklab(80.17% -0.0056 -0.0723)
OKLCH	oklch(80.17% 0.073 265.6)
XYZ	xyz(49.9902, 51.3230, 88.1448)
Luminance	0.5132 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8BEEE #EED8A8

analogous

#A8E1EE #A8BEEE #B5A8EE

triadic

#A8BEEE #EEA8BE #BEEEA8

tetradic

#A8BEEE #EEA8E1 #EED8A8 #A8EEB5

square

#A8BEEE #EEA8E1 #EED8A8 #A8EEB5

split-complementary

#A8BEEE #EEB5A8 #E1EEA8

monochromatic

#4272DA #7598E4 #A8BEEE #DBE4F8 #E5ECFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#A8BEEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.27

#A8BEEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8BEEE

11.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8BEEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8BEEE	1.00	1.86	11.27	11.27
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFC1F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8BBED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#95C8CE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8beee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 190, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.2% 0.073 265.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3d1f3',
    500: '#a8beee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8beee;
$custom-light: #c3d1f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8beee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 221.143,
    "s": 67.308,
    "l": 79.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80166,
    "c": 0.07254,
    "h": 265.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.51325
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8BEEE

secondary

#CBAE6F

accent

#9516CF

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F9FBFE

border

#D2D4D6

text

#131417

muted

#828385

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8BEEE

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

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