#A4A8EA#A4A8EA

#A4A8EA is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.418; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.095 H 281.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A4A8EA
RGB	rgb(164, 168, 234)
HSL	hsl(237, 63%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(237, 30%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.9%, 28.2%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.76, 13.30, -33.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.76, 36.08, 291.63°)
OKLab	oklab(75.29% 0.0184 -0.093)
OKLCH	oklch(75.29% 0.095 281.2)
XYZ	xyz(44.1598, 41.8371, 83.5746)
Luminance	0.4184 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A4A8EA #EAE6A4

analogous

#A4CBEA #A4A8EA #C3A4EA

triadic

#A4A8EA #EAA4A8 #A8EAA4

tetradic

#A4A8EA #EAA4CB #EAE6A4 #A4EAC3

square

#A4A8EA #EAA4CB #EAE6A4 #A4EAC3

split-complementary

#A4A8EA #EAC3A4 #CBEAA4

monochromatic

#4149D3 #7278DF #A4A8EA #D6D8F5 #E6E7F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#A4A8EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.37

#A4A8EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A4A8EA

9.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A4A8EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A4A8EA	1.00	2.24	9.37	9.37
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95B0ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92ABE8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#92B4BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a4a8ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 168, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.095 281.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0c1f1',
    500: '#a4a8ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a4a8ea;
$custom-light: #c0c1f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a4a8ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 236.571,
    "s": 62.5,
    "l": 78.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75287,
    "c": 0.09476,
    "h": 281.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.41838
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A4A8EA

secondary

#F1EFDA

accent

#C01BCA

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F7F7FD

border

#D0D0D5

text

#121216

muted

#818184

Preview Lab

Preview with #A4A8EA

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

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