#A8A2EC#A8A2EC

#A8A2EC is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.106 H 287.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A2EC
RGB	rgb(168, 162, 236)
HSL	hsl(245, 66%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(245, 31%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.8%, 31.4%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.63, 18.31, -36.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.63, 40.71, 296.73°)
OKLab	oklab(74.52% 0.0314 -0.101)
OKLCH	oklch(74.52% 0.106 287.2)
XYZ	xyz(44.2052, 40.2207, 84.7750)
Luminance	0.4022 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A2EC #E6ECA2

analogous

#A2C1EC #A8A2EC #CDA2EC

triadic

#A8A2EC #ECA8A2 #A2ECA8

tetradic

#A8A2EC #ECA2C1 #E6ECA2 #A2ECCD

square

#A8A2EC #ECA2C1 #E6ECA2 #A2ECCD

split-complementary

#A8A2EC #ECCDA2 #C1ECA2

monochromatic

#493CD7 #786FE2 #A8A2EC #D8D5F6 #E7E6FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#A8A2EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.04

#A8A2EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A2EC

9.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A2EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A2EC	1.00	2.32	9.04	9.04
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8DACEF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8CA8EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#98AFBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a2ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 162, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.106 287.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3bdf2',
    500: '#a8a2ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a2ec;
$custom-light: #c3bdf2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a2ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 244.865,
    "s": 66.071,
    "l": 78.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74516,
    "c": 0.10573,
    "h": 287.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40222
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A2EC

secondary

#EFF1DA

accent

#CE18BF

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F8F6FD

border

#D1D0D5

text

#131217

muted

#828185

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A2EC

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

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