#A8A1CD#A8A1CD

#A8A1CD is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.063 H 292.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A1CD
RGB	rgb(168, 161, 205)
HSL	hsl(250, 31%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(250, 21%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(18%, 21.5%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.18, 11.55, -21.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.18, 24.43, 298.22°)
OKLab	oklab(73.01% 0.0238 -0.0588)
OKLCH	oklch(73.01% 0.063 292)
XYZ	xyz(39.9103, 38.2220, 63.0207)
Luminance	0.3822 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A1CD #C6CDA1

analogous

#A1B0CD #A8A1CD #BEA1CD

triadic

#A8A1CD #CDA8A1 #A1CDA8

tetradic

#A8A1CD #CDA1B0 #C6CDA1 #A1CDBE

square

#A8A1CD #CDA1B0 #C6CDA1 #A1CDBE

split-complementary

#A8A1CD #CDBEA1 #B0CDA1

monochromatic

#60559F #8379B8 #A8A1CD #CDC9E2 #EDEBF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#A8A1CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.64

#A8A1CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A1CD

8.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A1CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A1CD	1.00	2.43	8.64	8.64
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97A7CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97A5CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A1A8B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a1cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 161, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.063 292.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2bcdc',
    500: '#a8a1cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a1cd;
$custom-light: #c2bcdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a1cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 249.545,
    "s": 30.556,
    "l": 71.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73008,
    "c": 0.06347,
    "h": 292
  },
  "luminance": 0.38222
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A1CD

secondary

#E9EADF

accent

#A93C98

background

#FBFBFD

surface

#F7F6FB

border

#D0D0D4

text

#121215

muted

#818183

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A1CD

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

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