#A8A1EA#A8A1EA

#A8A1EA is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.104 H 288.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A1EA
RGB	rgb(168, 161, 234)
HSL	hsl(246, 63%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(246, 31%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.2%, 31.2%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.29, 18.38, -35.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.29, 40.23, 297.19°)
OKLab	oklab(74.23% 0.0322 -0.0993)
OKLCH	oklch(74.23% 0.104 288)
XYZ	xyz(43.7408, 39.7542, 83.1947)
Luminance	0.3976 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A1EA #E3EAA1

analogous

#A1BFEA #A8A1EA #CCA1EA

triadic

#A8A1EA #EAA8A1 #A1EAA8

tetradic

#A8A1EA #EAA1BF #E3EAA1 #A1EACC

square

#A8A1EA #EAA1BF #E3EAA1 #A1EACC

split-complementary

#A8A1EA #EACCA1 #BFEAA1

monochromatic

#4B3DD4 #7A6FDF #A8A1EA #D6D3F5 #E8E6F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#A8A1EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.95

#A8A1EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A1EA

8.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A1EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A1EA	1.00	2.35	8.95	8.95
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8DABED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8CA7E8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#99AEBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a1ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 161, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.104 288.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3bcf1',
    500: '#a8a1ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a1ea;
$custom-light: #c3bcf1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a1ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 245.753,
    "s": 63.478,
    "l": 77.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74233,
    "c": 0.10441,
    "h": 288
  },
  "luminance": 0.39755
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A1EA

secondary

#EFF1DA

accent

#CB1ABA

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F8F6FD

border

#D1D0D5

text

#131216

muted

#828184

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A1EA

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

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