#A8A0E5#A8A0E5

#A8A0E5 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.099 H 289.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#A8A0E5
RGBrgb(168, 160, 229)
HSLhsl(247, 57%, 76%)
HSVhsv(247, 30%, 90%)
CMYKcmyk(26.6%, 30.1%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LABlab(68.84, 17.73, -33.75)
CIE-LCHlch(68.84, 38.12, 297.71°)
OKLaboklab(73.82% 0.0323 -0.0935)
OKLCHoklch(73.82% 0.099 289)
XYZxyz(42.8586, 39.1228, 79.4070)
Luminance0.3912 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyblue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#A8A0E5 #DDE5A0
analogous
#A0BBE5 #A8A0E5 #CBA0E5
triadic
#A8A0E5 #E5A8A0 #A0E5A8
tetradic
#A8A0E5 #E5A0BB #DDE5A0 #A0E5CB
square
#A8A0E5 #E5A0BB #DDE5A0 #A0E5CB
split-complementary
#A8A0E5 #E5CBA0 #BBE5A0
monochromatic
#5040CB #7C70D8 #A8A0E5 #D4D0F2 #E9E7F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38
#A8A0E5 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.82
#A8A0E5 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A0E5
8.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##A8A0E5#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##A8A0E51.002.388.828.82
#FFFFFF2.381.0021.0021.00
#0000008.8221.001.001.00
##0000008.8221.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#8EA9E8
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#8DA6E3
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#9AACB9
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #a8a0e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 160, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.099 289.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3bced',
    500: '#a8a0e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #a8a0e5;
$custom-light: #c3bced;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#a8a0e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 246.957,
    "s": 57.025,
    "l": 76.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73816,
    "c": 0.09889,
    "h": 289
  },
  "luminance": 0.39124
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#A8A0E5
secondary
#EDF0DB
accent
#C521B2
background
#FCFBFE
surface
#F8F6FD
border
#D1D0D5
text
#121216
muted
#818184

Preview Lab

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

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#A8A0E5 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva