#A8A1E6#A8A1E6

#A8A1E6 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.099 H 288.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A1E6
RGB	rgb(168, 161, 230)
HSL	hsl(246, 58%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(246, 30%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(27%, 30%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.13, 17.41, -33.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.13, 38.06, 297.21°)
OKLab	oklab(74.05% 0.0312 -0.0938)
OKLCH	oklch(74.05% 0.099 288.4)
XYZ	xyz(43.1727, 39.5269, 80.2024)
Luminance	0.3953 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A1E6 #DFE6A1

analogous

#A1BDE6 #A8A1E6 #CBA1E6

triadic

#A8A1E6 #E6A8A1 #A1E6A8

tetradic

#A8A1E6 #E6A1BD #DFE6A1 #A1E6CB

square

#A8A1E6 #E6A1BD #DFE6A1 #A1E6CB

split-complementary

#A8A1E6 #E6CBA1 #BDE6A1

monochromatic

#4F40CC #7B71D9 #A8A1E6 #D5D1F3 #E9E7F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#A8A1E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.91

#A8A1E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A1E6

8.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A1E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A1E6	1.00	2.36	8.91	8.91
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8FAAE9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8EA7E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9AADBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a1e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 161, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.099 288.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3bcee',
    500: '#a8a1e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a1e6;
$custom-light: #c3bcee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a1e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 246.087,
    "s": 57.983,
    "l": 76.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74054,
    "c": 0.0988,
    "h": 288.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39528
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A1E6

secondary

#EEF0DB

accent

#C620B5

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F8F6FD

border

#D1D0D5

text

#131216

muted

#828184

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A1E6

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

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