#A1A8DB#A1A8DB

#A1A8DB is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.074 H 278.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A1A8DB
RGB	rgb(161, 168, 219)
HSL	hsl(233, 45%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(233, 26%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.5%, 23.3%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.96, 8.74, -26.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.96, 27.97, 288.21°)
OKLab	oklab(74.42% 0.0107 -0.0732)
OKLCH	oklch(74.42% 0.074 278.4)
XYZ	xyz(41.4834, 40.6958, 72.6735)
Luminance	0.4070 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A1A8DB #DBD4A1

analogous

#A1C5DB #A1A8DB #B7A1DB

triadic

#A1A8DB #DBA1A8 #A8DBA1

tetradic

#A1A8DB #DBA1C5 #DBD4A1 #A1DBB7

square

#A1A8DB #DBA1C5 #DBD4A1 #A1DBB7

split-complementary

#A1A8DB #DBB7A1 #C5DBA1

monochromatic

#4856B9 #757FCA #A1A8DB #CDD1EC #E9EBF7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#A1A8DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.14

#A1A8DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A1A8DB

9.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A1A8DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A1A8DB	1.00	2.30	9.14	9.14
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AADDD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96A9DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#93B1B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a1a8db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 168, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.074 278.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bec1e6',
    500: '#a1a8db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a1a8db;
$custom-light: #bec1e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a1a8db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 232.759,
    "s": 44.615,
    "l": 74.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74424,
    "c": 0.07397,
    "h": 278.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.40697
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A1A8DB

secondary

#EDECDE

accent

#A72EB8

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F7F7FC

border

#D0D0D5

text

#121216

muted

#818184

Preview Lab

Preview with #A1A8DB

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

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