#A8A0DD#A8A0DD

#A8A0DD is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.088 H 290.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A0DD
RGB	rgb(168, 160, 221)
HSL	hsl(248, 47%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(248, 28%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(24%, 27.6%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.52, 15.81, -29.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.52, 33.77, 297.91°)
OKLab	oklab(73.47% 0.0301 -0.0823)
OKLCH	oklch(73.47% 0.088 290.1)
XYZ	xyz(41.7672, 38.6863, 73.6593)
Luminance	0.3869 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A0DD #D5DDA0

analogous

#A0B7DD #A8A0DD #C7A0DD

triadic

#A8A0DD #DDA8A0 #A0DDA8

tetradic

#A8A0DD #DDA0B7 #D5DDA0 #A0DDC7

square

#A8A0DD #DDA0B7 #D5DDA0 #A0DDC7

split-complementary

#A8A0DD #DDC7A0 #B7DDA0

monochromatic

#5546BD #7F73CD #A8A0DD #D1CDED #EAE8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#A8A0DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.74

#A8A0DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A0DD

8.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A0DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A0DD	1.00	2.40	8.74	8.74
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91A8E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91A6DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9DAAB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a0dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 160, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.088 290.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3bce7',
    500: '#a8a0dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a0dd;
$custom-light: #c3bce7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a0dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 247.869,
    "s": 47.287,
    "l": 74.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73467,
    "c": 0.08764,
    "h": 290.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.38687
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A0DD

secondary

#ECEEDD

accent

#BB2BA8

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F8F6FC

border

#D1D0D5

text

#121216

muted

#818184

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A0DD

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

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