#A8A3CA#A8A3CA

#A8A3CA is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.056 H 290.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A3CA
RGB	rgb(168, 163, 202)
HSL	hsl(248, 27%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(248, 19%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.8%, 19.3%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.59, 9.77, -19.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.59, 21.58, 296.90°)
OKLab	oklab(73.29% 0.02 -0.0524)
OKLCH	oklch(73.29% 0.056 290.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.9040, 38.7831, 61.2493)
Luminance	0.3878 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A3CA #C5CAA3

analogous

#A3B2CA #A8A3CA #BCA3CA

triadic

#A8A3CA #CAA8A3 #A3CAA8

tetradic

#A8A3CA #CAA3B2 #C5CAA3 #A3CABC

square

#A8A3CA #CAA3B2 #C5CAA3 #A3CABC

split-complementary

#A8A3CA #CABCA3 #B2CAA3

monochromatic

#61599A #837CB4 #A8A3CA #CDCAE0 #EDECF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#A8A3CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.76

#A8A3CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A3CA

8.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A3CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A3CA	1.00	2.40	8.76	8.76
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AA8CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AA7C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A1A9B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a3ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 163, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.056 290.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2beda',
    500: '#a8a3ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a3ca;
$custom-light: #c2beda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a3ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 247.692,
    "s": 26.897,
    "l": 71.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73292,
    "c": 0.05612,
    "h": 290.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.38783
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A3CA

secondary

#E8E9DF

accent

#A54098

background

#FBFBFD

surface

#F7F6FA

border

#D0D0D3

text

#121214

muted

#818183

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A3CA

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

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