#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
RGB	rgb(168, 160, 229)
HSL	hsl(247, 57%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(247, 30%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.6%, 30.1%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.84, 17.73, -33.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.84, 38.12, 297.71°)
OKLab	oklab(73.82% 0.0323 -0.0935)
OKLCH	oklch(73.82% 0.099 289)
XYZ	xyz(42.8586, 39.1228, 79.4070)
Luminance	0.3912 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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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
##A8A0E5	1.00	2.38	8.82	8.82
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #A8A0E5

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

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