#A8A0EB#A8A0EB

#A8A0EB is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.107 H 288.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A0EB
RGB	rgb(168, 160, 235)
HSL	hsl(246, 65%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(246, 32%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.5%, 31.9%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.09, 19.19, -36.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.09, 41.37, 297.64°)
OKLab	oklab(74.09% 0.0338 -0.1018)
OKLCH	oklch(74.09% 0.107 288.4)
XYZ	xyz(43.7108, 39.4637, 83.8955)
Luminance	0.3947 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A0EB #E3EBA0

analogous

#A0BEEB #A8A0EB #CDA0EB

triadic

#A8A0EB #EBA8A0 #A0EBA8

tetradic

#A8A0EB #EBA0BE #E3EBA0 #A0EBCD

square

#A8A0EB #EBA0BE #E3EBA0 #A0EBCD

split-complementary

#A8A0EB #EBCDA0 #BEEBA0

monochromatic

#4B3BD6 #7A6DE0 #A8A0EB #D6D3F6 #E8E6FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#A8A0EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.89

#A8A0EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A0EB

8.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A0EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A0EB	1.00	2.36	8.89	8.89
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8BAAEE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8BA7E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#98ADBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a0eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 160, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.107 288.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3bcf1',
    500: '#a8a0eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a0eb;
$custom-light: #c3bcf1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a0eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 246.4,
    "s": 65.217,
    "l": 77.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74086,
    "c": 0.10729,
    "h": 288.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39465
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A0EB

secondary

#EFF1DA

accent

#CD18BA

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F8F6FD

border

#D1D0D5

text

#131217

muted

#828185

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A0EB

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

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