#A8A0EA#A8A0EA

#A8A0EA is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.106 H 288.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A0EA
RGB	rgb(168, 160, 234)
HSL	hsl(246, 64%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(246, 32%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.2%, 31.6%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.04, 18.95, -36.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.04, 40.83, 297.64°)
OKLab	oklab(74.04% 0.0336 -0.1004)
OKLCH	oklch(74.04% 0.106 288.5)
XYZ	xyz(43.5668, 39.4061, 83.1367)
Luminance	0.3941 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A0EA #E2EAA0

analogous

#A0BDEA #A8A0EA #CDA0EA

triadic

#A8A0EA #EAA8A0 #A0EAA8

tetradic

#A8A0EA #EAA0BD #E2EAA0 #A0EACD

square

#A8A0EA #EAA0BD #E2EAA0 #A0EACD

split-complementary

#A8A0EA #EACDA0 #BDEAA0

monochromatic

#4C3CD4 #7A6EDF #A8A0EA #D6D2F5 #E8E6F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#A8A0EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.88

#A8A0EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A0EA

8.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A0EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A0EA	1.00	2.36	8.88	8.88
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8CAAED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8BA7E8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#99ADBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a0ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 160, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.106 288.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3bcf1',
    500: '#a8a0ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a0ea;
$custom-light: #c3bcf1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a0ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 246.486,
    "s": 63.793,
    "l": 77.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74041,
    "c": 0.10589,
    "h": 288.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.39407
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A0EA

secondary

#EEF1DA

accent

#CC1AB8

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F8F6FD

border

#D1D0D5

text

#131216

muted

#828184

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A0EA

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

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