#A8A1E7#A8A1E7

#A8A1E7 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.100 H 288.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A1E7
RGB	rgb(168, 161, 231)
HSL	hsl(246, 59%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(246, 30%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.3%, 30.3%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.17, 17.65, -34.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.17, 38.60, 297.21°)
OKLab	oklab(74.1% 0.0314 -0.0951)
OKLCH	oklch(74.1% 0.1 288.3)
XYZ	xyz(43.3135, 39.5832, 80.9441)
Luminance	0.3958 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A1E7 #E0E7A1

analogous

#A1BDE7 #A8A1E7 #CBA1E7

triadic

#A8A1E7 #E7A8A1 #A1E7A8

tetradic

#A8A1E7 #E7A1BD #E0E7A1 #A1E7CB

square

#A8A1E7 #E7A1BD #E0E7A1 #A1E7CB

split-complementary

#A8A1E7 #E7CBA1 #BDE7A1

monochromatic

#4E3FCE #7B70DB #A8A1E7 #D5D2F3 #E8E7F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#A8A1E7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.92

#A8A1E7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A1E7

8.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A1E7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A1E7	1.00	2.36	8.92	8.92
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8EAAEA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8DA7E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9AADBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a1e7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 161, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.100 288.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3bcef',
    500: '#a8a1e7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a1e7;
$custom-light: #c3bcef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a1e7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 246,
    "s": 59.322,
    "l": 76.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74098,
    "c": 0.1002,
    "h": 288.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39584
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A1E7

secondary

#EEF0DB

accent

#C71FB6

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F8F6FD

border

#D1D0D5

text

#131216

muted

#828184

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A1E7

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

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