#A8A1DD#A8A1DD

#A8A1DD is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.086 H 289.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A1DD
RGB	rgb(168, 161, 221)
HSL	hsl(247, 47%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(247, 27%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(24%, 27.1%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.78, 15.25, -29.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.78, 33.16, 297.37°)
OKLab	oklab(73.66% 0.0287 -0.0812)
OKLCH	oklch(73.66% 0.086 289.4)
XYZ	xyz(41.9413, 39.0344, 73.7173)
Luminance	0.3903 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A1DD #D6DDA1

analogous

#A1B8DD #A8A1DD #C6A1DD

triadic

#A8A1DD #DDA8A1 #A1DDA8

tetradic

#A8A1DD #DDA1B8 #D6DDA1 #A1DDC6

square

#A8A1DD #DDA1B8 #D6DDA1 #A1DDC6

split-complementary

#A8A1DD #DDC6A1 #B8DDA1

monochromatic

#5547BC #7E74CD #A8A1DD #D2CEED #EAE9F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#A8A1DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.81

#A8A1DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A1DD

8.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A1DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A1DD	1.00	2.38	8.81	8.81
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92A9E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92A6DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9DABB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a1dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 161, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.086 289.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3bce7',
    500: '#a8a1dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a1dd;
$custom-light: #c3bce7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a1dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 247,
    "s": 46.875,
    "l": 74.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73663,
    "c": 0.08613,
    "h": 289.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39035
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A1DD

secondary

#ECEEDD

accent

#BA2BA9

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F8F6FC

border

#D1D0D5

text

#121216

muted

#818184

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A1DD

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

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