#A4A5E9#A4A5E9

#A4A5E9 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.098 H 283.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A4A5E9
RGB	rgb(164, 165, 233)
HSL	hsl(239, 61%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(239, 30%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.6%, 29.2%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.95, 14.73, -34.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.95, 37.27, 293.29°)
OKLab	oklab(74.65% 0.0221 -0.095)
OKLCH	oklch(74.65% 0.098 283.1)
XYZ	xyz(43.4691, 40.6848, 82.6377)
Luminance	0.4069 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A4A5E9 #E9E8A4

analogous

#A4C8E9 #A4A5E9 #C5A4E9

triadic

#A4A5E9 #E9A4A5 #A5E9A4

tetradic

#A4A5E9 #E9A4C8 #E9E8A4 #A4E9C5

square

#A4A5E9 #E9A4C8 #E9E8A4 #A4E9C5

split-complementary

#A4A5E9 #E9C5A4 #C8E9A4

monochromatic

#4144D1 #7374DD #A4A5E9 #D5D6F5 #E6E7F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#A4A5E9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.14

#A4A5E9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A4A5E9

9.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A4A5E9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A4A5E9	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)

#92ADEC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8FA9E7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#93B1BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a4a5e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 165, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.098 283.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0bff0',
    500: '#a4a5e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a4a5e9;
$custom-light: #c0bff0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a4a5e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 239.13,
    "s": 61.062,
    "l": 77.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74653,
    "c": 0.09751,
    "h": 283.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.40686
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A4A5E9

secondary

#F0F0DB

accent

#C61DC9

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F7F7FD

border

#D0D0D5

text

#121216

muted

#818184

Preview Lab

Preview with #A4A5E9

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

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