#A8A3D7#A8A3D7

#A8A3D7 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.075 H 288.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A3D7
RGB	rgb(168, 163, 215)
HSL	hsl(246, 39%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(246, 24%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.9%, 24.2%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.06, 12.72, -25.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.06, 28.69, 296.31°)
OKLab	oklab(73.81% 0.0241 -0.0706)
OKLCH	oklch(73.81% 0.075 288.8)
XYZ	xyz(41.5085, 39.4249, 69.6997)
Luminance	0.3943 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A3D7 #D2D7A3

analogous

#A3B8D7 #A8A3D7 #C2A3D7

triadic

#A8A3D7 #D7A8A3 #A3D7A8

tetradic

#A8A3D7 #D7A3B8 #D2D7A3 #A3D7C2

square

#A8A3D7 #D7A3B8 #D2D7A3 #A3D7C2

split-complementary

#A8A3D7 #D7C2A3 #B8D7A3

monochromatic

#574EB2 #8078C4 #A8A3D7 #D0CEEA #EBEAF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#A8A3D7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.89

#A8A3D7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A3D7

8.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A3D7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A3D7	1.00	2.36	8.89	8.89
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96AAD9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96A7D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9EACB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a3d7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 163, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.075 288.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2bee3',
    500: '#a8a3d7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a3d7;
$custom-light: #c2bee3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a3d7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 245.769,
    "s": 39.394,
    "l": 74.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73806,
    "c": 0.07463,
    "h": 288.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.39426
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A3D7

secondary

#EBEDDE

accent

#B233A6

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F8F6FB

border

#D1D0D4

text

#121215

muted

#818183

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A3D7

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

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