#A8BFEF#A8BFEF

#A8BFEF is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.518; OKLCH L 80.4% C 0.073 H 264.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8BFEF
RGB	rgb(168, 191, 239)
HSL	hsl(221, 69%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(221, 30%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.7%, 20.1%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.17, 2.98, -26.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.17, 26.52, 276.45°)
OKLab	oklab(80.41% -0.0066 -0.0726)
OKLCH	oklch(80.41% 0.073 264.8)
XYZ	xyz(50.3548, 51.8166, 88.9931)
Luminance	0.5182 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8BFEF #EFD8A8

analogous

#A8E3EF #A8BFEF #B4A8EF

triadic

#A8BFEF #EFA8BF #BFEFA8

tetradic

#A8BFEF #EFA8E3 #EFD8A8 #A8EFB4

square

#A8BFEF #EFA8E3 #EFD8A8 #A8EFB4

split-complementary

#A8BFEF #EFB4A8 #E3EFA8

monochromatic

#4173DC #7499E5 #A8BFEF #DCE5F9 #E5ECFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#A8BFEF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.36

#A8BFEF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8BFEF

11.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8BFEF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8BFEF	1.00	1.85	11.36	11.36
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFC2F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9BCEE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#94C9CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8bfef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 191, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.4% 0.073 264.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3d2f4',
    500: '#a8bfef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8bfef;
$custom-light: #c3d2f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8bfef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 220.563,
    "s": 68.932,
    "l": 79.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8041,
    "c": 0.07286,
    "h": 264.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.51818
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8BFEF

secondary

#CDAE6F

accent

#9415D1

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F9FBFE

border

#D2D4D6

text

#131417

muted

#828385

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8BFEF

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

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