#A8A0DA#A8A0DA

#A8A0DA is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.083 H 290.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A0DA
RGB	rgb(168, 160, 218)
HSL	hsl(248, 44%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(248, 27%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.9%, 26.6%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.41, 15.10, -28.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.41, 32.14, 298.03°)
OKLab	oklab(73.34% 0.0292 -0.0781)
OKLCH	oklch(73.34% 0.083 290.5)
XYZ	xyz(41.3711, 38.5278, 71.5730)
Luminance	0.3853 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A0DA #D2DAA0

analogous

#A0B5DA #A8A0DA #C5A0DA

triadic

#A8A0DA #DAA8A0 #A0DAA8

tetradic

#A8A0DA #DAA0B5 #D2DAA0 #A0DAC5

square

#A8A0DA #DAA0B5 #D2DAA0 #A0DAC5

split-complementary

#A8A0DA #DAC5A0 #B5DAA0

monochromatic

#5748B8 #8074C9 #A8A0DA #D0CCEB #EBE9F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#A8A0DA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.71

#A8A0DA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A0DA

8.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A0DA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A0DA	1.00	2.41	8.71	8.71
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92A8DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92A6D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9DAAB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a0da;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 160, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.083 290.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2bce5',
    500: '#a8a0da',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a0da;
$custom-light: #c2bce5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a0da",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 248.276,
    "s": 43.939,
    "l": 74.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7334,
    "c": 0.08342,
    "h": 290.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38528
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A0DA

secondary

#EBEDDE

accent

#B72EA4

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F8F6FC

border

#D1D0D5

text

#121215

muted

#818184

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A0DA

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

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