#A8A1E9#A8A1E9

#A8A1E9 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.103 H 288.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A1E9
RGB	rgb(168, 161, 233)
HSL	hsl(246, 62%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(246, 31%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.9%, 30.9%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.25, 18.14, -35.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.25, 39.69, 297.19°)
OKLab	oklab(74.19% 0.032 -0.0979)
OKLCH	oklch(74.19% 0.103 288.1)
XYZ	xyz(43.5976, 39.6969, 82.4403)
Luminance	0.3970 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A1E9 #E2E9A1

analogous

#A1BEE9 #A8A1E9 #CCA1E9

triadic

#A8A1E9 #E9A8A1 #A1E9A8

tetradic

#A8A1E9 #E9A1BE #E2E9A1 #A1E9CC

square

#A8A1E9 #E9A1BE #E2E9A1 #A1E9CC

split-complementary

#A8A1E9 #E9CCA1 #BEE9A1

monochromatic

#4C3ED2 #7A6FDD #A8A1E9 #D6D3F5 #E8E6F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#A8A1E9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.94

#A8A1E9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A1E9

8.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A1E9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A1E9	1.00	2.35	8.94	8.94
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8DABEC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8DA7E7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#99AEBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a1e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 161, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.103 288.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3bcf0',
    500: '#a8a1e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a1e9;
$custom-light: #c3bcf0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a1e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 245.833,
    "s": 62.069,
    "l": 77.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74188,
    "c": 0.10301,
    "h": 288.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.39698
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A1E9

secondary

#EEF1DA

accent

#CA1CB9

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F8F6FD

border

#D1D0D5

text

#131216

muted

#828184

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A1E9

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

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