#A4A2E5#A4A2E5

#A4A2E5 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.096 H 285.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A4A2E5
RGB	rgb(164, 162, 229)
HSL	hsl(242, 56%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(242, 29%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.4%, 29.3%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.03, 15.43, -33.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.03, 36.86, 294.75°)
OKLab	oklab(73.89% 0.0251 -0.0928)
OKLCH	oklch(73.89% 0.096 285.2)
XYZ	xyz(42.3694, 39.3893, 79.4842)
Luminance	0.3939 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A4A2E5 #E3E5A2

analogous

#A2C2E5 #A4A2E5 #C6A2E5

triadic

#A4A2E5 #E5A4A2 #A2E5A4

tetradic

#A4A2E5 #E5A2C2 #E3E5A2 #A2E5C6

square

#A4A2E5 #E5A2C2 #E3E5A2 #A2E5C6

split-complementary

#A4A2E5 #E5C6A2 #C2E5A2

monochromatic

#4642CA #7572D8 #A4A2E5 #D3D2F2 #E8E7F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#A4A2E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.88

#A4A2E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A4A2E5

8.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A4A2E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A4A2E5	1.00	2.37	8.88	8.88
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8FAAE8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8EA7E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#94AEBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a4a2e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 162, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.096 285.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0bded',
    500: '#a4a2e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a4a2e5;
$custom-light: #c0bded;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a4a2e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 241.791,
    "s": 56.303,
    "l": 76.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73887,
    "c": 0.09611,
    "h": 285.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.3939
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A4A2E5

secondary

#EFF0DB

accent

#C422BF

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F7F6FD

border

#D0D0D5

text

#121216

muted

#818184

Preview Lab

Preview with #A4A2E5

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

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