#A8A1CC#A8A1CC

#A8A1CC is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.062 H 292.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A1CC
RGB	rgb(168, 161, 204)
HSL	hsl(250, 30%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(250, 21%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.6%, 21.1%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.15, 11.33, -21.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.15, 23.89, 298.31°)
OKLab	oklab(72.97% 0.0235 -0.0574)
OKLCH	oklch(72.97% 0.062 292.3)
XYZ	xyz(39.7900, 38.1738, 62.3870)
Luminance	0.3817 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A1CC #C5CCA1

analogous

#A1B0CC #A8A1CC #BEA1CC

triadic

#A8A1CC #CCA8A1 #A1CCA8

tetradic

#A8A1CC #CCA1B0 #C5CCA1 #A1CCBE

square

#A8A1CC #CCA1B0 #C5CCA1 #A1CCBE

split-complementary

#A8A1CC #CCBEA1 #B0CCA1

monochromatic

#61559D #8379B6 #A8A1CC #CDC9E2 #EDEBF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#A8A1CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.63

#A8A1CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A1CC

8.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A1CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A1CC	1.00	2.43	8.63	8.63
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97A7CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98A5CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A1A8B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a1cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 161, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.062 292.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2bcdb',
    500: '#a8a1cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a1cc;
$custom-light: #c2bcdb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a1cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 249.767,
    "s": 29.655,
    "l": 71.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72969,
    "c": 0.06205,
    "h": 292.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38174
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A1CC

secondary

#E8EADF

accent

#A83D97

background

#FBFBFD

surface

#F7F6FB

border

#D0D0D4

text

#121215

muted

#818183

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A1CC

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

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