#A8C2ED#A8C2ED

#A8C2ED is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.530; OKLCH L 80.9% C 0.067 H 260.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8C2ED
RGB	rgb(168, 194, 237)
HSL	hsl(217, 66%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(217, 29%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.1%, 18.1%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.89, 0.87, -24.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.89, 24.20, 272.07°)
OKLab	oklab(80.95% -0.0112 -0.0665)
OKLCH	oklch(80.95% 0.067 260.4)
XYZ	xyz(50.7219, 53.0210, 87.6659)
Luminance	0.5302 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8C2ED #EDD3A8

analogous

#A8E5ED #A8C2ED #B1A8ED

triadic

#A8C2ED #EDA8C2 #C2EDA8

tetradic

#A8C2ED #EDA8E5 #EDD3A8 #A8EDB1

square

#A8C2ED #EDA8E5 #EDD3A8 #A8EDB1

split-complementary

#A8C2ED #EDB1A8 #E5EDA8

monochromatic

#437BD8 #759EE3 #A8C2ED #DBE6F7 #E6EDFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#A8C2ED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.60

#A8C2ED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8C2ED

11.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8C2ED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8C2ED	1.00	1.81	11.60	11.60
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4C4EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACBEEC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#95CBD0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8c2ed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 194, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.9% 0.067 260.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3d4f3',
    500: '#a8c2ed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8c2ed;
$custom-light: #c3d4f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8c2ed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 217.391,
    "s": 65.714,
    "l": 79.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80947,
    "c": 0.0674,
    "h": 260.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.53023
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8C2ED

secondary

#CAA86F

accent

#8918CE

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F9FBFE

border

#D2D4D6

text

#121417

muted

#828385

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8C2ED

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

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