#A8A2E2#A8A2E2

#A8A2E2 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.092 H 288.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A2E2
RGB	rgb(168, 162, 226)
HSL	hsl(246, 52%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(246, 28%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.7%, 28.3%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.22, 15.88, -31.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.22, 35.28, 296.74°)
OKLab	oklab(74.07% 0.0287 -0.0871)
OKLCH	oklch(74.07% 0.092 288.2)
XYZ	xyz(42.7928, 39.6557, 77.3365)
Luminance	0.3966 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A2E2 #DCE2A2

analogous

#A2BCE2 #A8A2E2 #C8A2E2

triadic

#A8A2E2 #E2A8A2 #A2E2A8

tetradic

#A8A2E2 #E2A2BC #DCE2A2 #A2E2C8

square

#A8A2E2 #E2A2BC #DCE2A2 #A2E2C8

split-complementary

#A8A2E2 #E2C8A2 #BCE2A2

monochromatic

#5145C5 #7C73D3 #A8A2E2 #D4D1F1 #E9E8F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#A8A2E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.93

#A8A2E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A2E2

8.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A2E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A2E2	1.00	2.35	8.93	8.93
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91AAE5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91A7E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9BADB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a2e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 162, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.092 288.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3bdeb',
    500: '#a8a2e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a2e2;
$custom-light: #c3bdeb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a2e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 245.625,
    "s": 52.459,
    "l": 76.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74072,
    "c": 0.09168,
    "h": 288.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39656
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A2E2

secondary

#EDEFDC

accent

#C026B1

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F8F6FD

border

#D1D0D5

text

#121216

muted

#818184

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A2E2

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

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