#A8A2DD#A8A2DD

#A8A2DD is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.085 H 288.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A2DD
RGB	rgb(168, 162, 221)
HSL	hsl(246, 46%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(246, 27%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(24%, 26.7%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.03, 14.68, -29.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.03, 32.56, 296.81°)
OKLab	oklab(73.86% 0.0273 -0.0801)
OKLCH	oklch(73.86% 0.085 288.8)
XYZ	xyz(42.1168, 39.3853, 73.7758)
Luminance	0.3939 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A2DD #D7DDA2

analogous

#A2B9DD #A8A2DD #C6A2DD

triadic

#A8A2DD #DDA8A2 #A2DDA8

tetradic

#A8A2DD #DDA2B9 #D7DDA2 #A2DDC6

square

#A8A2DD #DDA2B9 #D7DDA2 #A2DDC6

split-complementary

#A8A2DD #DDC6A2 #B9DDA2

monochromatic

#5448BC #7E75CD #A8A2DD #D2CFED #EAE9F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#A8A2DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.88

#A8A2DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A2DD

8.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A2DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A2DD	1.00	2.37	8.88	8.88
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93AAE0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93A7DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9CACB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a2dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 162, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.085 288.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2bde7',
    500: '#a8a2dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a2dd;
$custom-light: #c2bde7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a2dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 246.102,
    "s": 46.457,
    "l": 75.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73858,
    "c": 0.08463,
    "h": 288.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.39386
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A2DD

secondary

#ECEEDD

accent

#BA2CAB

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F8F6FC

border

#D1D0D5

text

#121216

muted

#818184

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A2DD

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

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