#A8A0EC#A8A0EC

#A8A0EC is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.109 H 288.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A0EC
RGB	rgb(168, 160, 236)
HSL	hsl(246, 67%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(246, 32%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.8%, 32.2%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.13, 19.44, -37.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.13, 41.92, 297.63°)
OKLab	oklab(74.13% 0.0341 -0.1032)
OKLCH	oklch(74.13% 0.109 288.3)
XYZ	xyz(43.8557, 39.5216, 84.6585)
Luminance	0.3952 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A0EC #E4ECA0

analogous

#A0BEEC #A8A0EC #CEA0EC

triadic

#A8A0EC #ECA8A0 #A0ECA8

tetradic

#A8A0EC #ECA0BE #E4ECA0 #A0ECCE

square

#A8A0EC #ECA0BE #E4ECA0 #A0ECCE

split-complementary

#A8A0EC #ECCEA0 #BEECA0

monochromatic

#4B3AD8 #796DE2 #A8A0EC #D7D3F6 #E8E5FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#A8A0EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.90

#A8A0EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A0EC

8.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A0EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A0EC	1.00	2.36	8.90	8.90
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8BAAEF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8AA7EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#98ADBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a0ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 160, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.109 288.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3bcf2',
    500: '#a8a0ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a0ec;
$custom-light: #c3bcf2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a0ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 246.316,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 77.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74132,
    "c": 0.10868,
    "h": 288.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39523
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A0EC

secondary

#EFF1DA

accent

#CF17BB

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F8F6FD

border

#D1D0D5

text

#131217

muted

#828185

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A0EC

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

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