#A8A2EB#A8A2EB

#A8A2EB is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.104 H 287.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A2EB
RGB	rgb(168, 162, 235)
HSL	hsl(245, 65%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(245, 31%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.5%, 31.1%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.59, 18.06, -35.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.59, 40.17, 296.73°)
OKLab	oklab(74.47% 0.0311 -0.0996)
OKLCH	oklch(74.47% 0.104 287.3)
XYZ	xyz(44.0603, 40.1627, 84.0120)
Luminance	0.4016 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A2EB #E5EBA2

analogous

#A2C0EB #A8A2EB #CDA2EB

triadic

#A8A2EB #EBA8A2 #A2EBA8

tetradic

#A8A2EB #EBA2C0 #E5EBA2 #A2EBCD

square

#A8A2EB #EBA2C0 #E5EBA2 #A2EBCD

split-complementary

#A8A2EB #EBCDA2 #C0EBA2

monochromatic

#4A3DD5 #7970E0 #A8A2EB #D7D4F6 #E7E6FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#A8A2EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.03

#A8A2EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A2EB

9.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A2EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A2EB	1.00	2.32	9.03	9.03
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8EACEE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8DA8E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#98AFBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a2eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 162, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.104 287.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3bdf1',
    500: '#a8a2eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a2eb;
$custom-light: #c3bdf1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a2eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 244.932,
    "s": 64.602,
    "l": 77.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7447,
    "c": 0.10433,
    "h": 287.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40164
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A2EB

secondary

#EFF1DA

accent

#CC19BE

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F8F6FD

border

#D1D0D5

text

#131217

muted

#828185

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A2EB

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

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