#A8A0DC#A8A0DC

#A8A0DC is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.086 H 290.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A0DC
RGB	rgb(168, 160, 220)
HSL	hsl(248, 46%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(248, 27%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.6%, 27.3%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.48, 15.57, -29.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.48, 33.23, 297.95°)
OKLab	oklab(73.43% 0.0298 -0.0809)
OKLCH	oklch(73.43% 0.086 290.2)
XYZ	xyz(41.6344, 38.6331, 72.9597)
Luminance	0.3863 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A0DC #D4DCA0

analogous

#A0B6DC #A8A0DC #C6A0DC

triadic

#A8A0DC #DCA8A0 #A0DCA8

tetradic

#A8A0DC #DCA0B6 #D4DCA0 #A0DCC6

square

#A8A0DC #DCA0B6 #D4DCA0 #A0DCC6

split-complementary

#A8A0DC #DCC6A0 #B6DCA0

monochromatic

#5647BB #7F73CC #A8A0DC #D1CDEC #EBE9F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#A8A0DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.73

#A8A0DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A0DC

8.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A0DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A0DC	1.00	2.41	8.73	8.73
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91A8DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91A6DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9DAAB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a0dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 160, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.086 290.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2bce7',
    500: '#a8a0dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a0dc;
$custom-light: #c2bce7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a0dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 248,
    "s": 46.154,
    "l": 74.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73425,
    "c": 0.08624,
    "h": 290.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38634
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A0DC

secondary

#ECEEDD

accent

#B92CA7

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F8F6FC

border

#D1D0D5

text

#121216

muted

#818184

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A0DC

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

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