#A8A3CE#A8A3CE

#A8A3CE is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.062 H 290.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A3CE
RGB	rgb(168, 163, 206)
HSL	hsl(247, 30%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(247, 21%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.4%, 20.9%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.73, 10.66, -21.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.73, 23.77, 296.64°)
OKLab	oklab(73.45% 0.0213 -0.058)
OKLCH	oklch(73.45% 0.062 290.1)
XYZ	xyz(40.3837, 38.9750, 63.7759)
Luminance	0.3897 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A3CE #C9CEA3

analogous

#A3B4CE #A8A3CE #BEA3CE

triadic

#A8A3CE #CEA8A3 #A3CEA8

tetradic

#A8A3CE #CEA3B4 #C9CEA3 #A3CEBE

square

#A8A3CE #CEA3B4 #C9CEA3 #A3CEBE

split-complementary

#A8A3CE #CEBEA3 #B4CEA3

monochromatic

#5E56A1 #827BB9 #A8A3CE #CECBE3 #ECEBF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#A8A3CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.79

#A8A3CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A3CE

8.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A3CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A3CE	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)

#99A8D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99A7CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A0AAB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a3ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 163, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.062 290.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2bedd',
    500: '#a8a3ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a3ce;
$custom-light: #c2bedd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a3ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 246.977,
    "s": 30.496,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73446,
    "c": 0.06181,
    "h": 290.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.38975
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A3CE

secondary

#EAEBE0

accent

#A93C9D

background

#FBFBFD

surface

#F7F6FB

border

#D0D0D4

text

#121215

muted

#818183

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A3CE

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

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