#A8A0DB#A8A0DB

#A8A0DB is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.085 H 290.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A0DB
RGB	rgb(168, 160, 219)
HSL	hsl(248, 45%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(248, 27%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.3%, 26.9%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.45, 15.34, -28.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.45, 32.68, 297.99°)
OKLab	oklab(73.38% 0.0295 -0.0795)
OKLCH	oklch(73.38% 0.085 290.4)
XYZ	xyz(41.5024, 38.5803, 72.2643)
Luminance	0.3858 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A0DB #D3DBA0

analogous

#A0B6DB #A8A0DB #C6A0DB

triadic

#A8A0DB #DBA8A0 #A0DBA8

tetradic

#A8A0DB #DBA0B6 #D3DBA0 #A0DBC6

square

#A8A0DB #DBA0B6 #D3DBA0 #A0DBC6

split-complementary

#A8A0DB #DBC6A0 #B6DBA0

monochromatic

#5747B9 #7F74CA #A8A0DB #D1CCEC #EBE9F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#A8A0DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.72

#A8A0DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A0DB

8.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A0DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A0DB	1.00	2.41	8.72	8.72
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91A8DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91A6D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9DAAB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a0db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 160, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.085 290.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2bce6',
    500: '#a8a0db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a0db;
$custom-light: #c2bce6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a0db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 248.136,
    "s": 45.038,
    "l": 74.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73382,
    "c": 0.08483,
    "h": 290.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38581
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A0DB

secondary

#EBEEDD

accent

#B82DA5

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F8F6FC

border

#D1D0D5

text

#121216

muted

#818184

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A0DB

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

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