#A8A3CD#A8A3CD

#A8A3CD is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.060 H 290.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A3CD
RGB	rgb(168, 163, 205)
HSL	hsl(247, 30%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(247, 20%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(18%, 20.5%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.70, 10.43, -20.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.70, 23.22, 296.70°)
OKLab	oklab(73.41% 0.0209 -0.0566)
OKLCH	oklch(73.41% 0.06 290.3)
XYZ	xyz(40.2626, 38.9266, 63.1381)
Luminance	0.3893 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A3CD #C8CDA3

analogous

#A3B3CD #A8A3CD #BDA3CD

triadic

#A8A3CD #CDA8A3 #A3CDA8

tetradic

#A8A3CD #CDA3B3 #C8CDA3 #A3CDBD

square

#A8A3CD #CDA3B3 #C8CDA3 #A3CDBD

split-complementary

#A8A3CD #CDBDA3 #B3CDA3

monochromatic

#5F569F #837BB7 #A8A3CD #CDCBE3 #ECEBF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#A8A3CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.79

#A8A3CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A3CD

8.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A3CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A3CD	1.00	2.39	8.79	8.79
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99A8CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99A7CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A1AAB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a3cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 163, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.060 290.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2bedc',
    500: '#a8a3cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a3cd;
$custom-light: #c2bedc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a3cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 247.143,
    "s": 29.577,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73408,
    "c": 0.06038,
    "h": 290.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38927
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A3CD

secondary

#EAEBE0

accent

#A83D9C

background

#FBFBFD

surface

#F7F6FB

border

#D0D0D4

text

#121215

muted

#818183

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A3CD

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →