#A8A1EF#A8A1EF

#A8A1EF is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.400; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.111 H 287.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A1EF
RGB	rgb(168, 161, 239)
HSL	hsl(245, 71%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(245, 33%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.7%, 32.6%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.50, 19.62, -38.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.50, 42.94, 297.19°)
OKLab	oklab(74.46% 0.0335 -0.1062)
OKLCH	oklch(74.46% 0.111 287.5)
XYZ	xyz(44.4693, 40.0456, 87.0313)
Luminance	0.4005 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A1EF #E8EFA1

analogous

#A1C1EF #A8A1EF #CFA1EF

triadic

#A8A1EF #EFA8A1 #A1EFA8

tetradic

#A8A1EF #EFA1C1 #E8EFA1 #A1EFCF

square

#A8A1EF #EFA1C1 #E8EFA1 #A1EFCF

split-complementary

#A8A1EF #EFCFA1 #C1EFA1

monochromatic

#4738DD #786DE6 #A8A1EF #D8D5F8 #E7E5FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#A8A1EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.01

#A8A1EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A1EF

9.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A1EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A1EF	1.00	2.33	9.01	9.01
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8BACF2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8AA8ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#97AFBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a1ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 161, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.111 287.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3bcf4',
    500: '#a8a1ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a1ef;
$custom-light: #c3bcf4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a1ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 245.385,
    "s": 70.909,
    "l": 78.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74461,
    "c": 0.11138,
    "h": 287.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40047
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A1EF

secondary

#F0F2D9

accent

#D313C2

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F8F6FD

border

#D1D0D5

text

#131217

muted

#828185

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A1EF

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

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