#A8A3DB#A8A3DB

#A8A3DB is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.080 H 288.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A3DB
RGB	rgb(168, 163, 219)
HSL	hsl(245, 44%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(245, 26%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.3%, 25.6%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.21, 13.65, -27.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.21, 30.87, 296.25°)
OKLab	oklab(73.97% 0.0253 -0.0762)
OKLCH	oklch(73.97% 0.08 288.4)
XYZ	xyz(42.0287, 39.6330, 72.4397)
Luminance	0.3963 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A3DB #D6DBA3

analogous

#A3BADB #A8A3DB #C4A3DB

triadic

#A8A3DB #DBA8A3 #A3DBA8

tetradic

#A8A3DB #DBA3BA #D6DBA3 #A3DBC4

square

#A8A3DB #DBA3BA #D6DBA3 #A3DBC4

split-complementary

#A8A3DB #DBC4A3 #BADBA3

monochromatic

#554BB9 #7E77CA #A8A3DB #D2CFEC #EAE9F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#A8A3DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.93

#A8A3DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A3DB

8.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A3DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A3DB	1.00	2.35	8.93	8.93
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95AADD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94A8D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9DACB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a3db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 163, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.080 288.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2bee6',
    500: '#a8a3db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a3db;
$custom-light: #c2bee6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a3db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 245.357,
    "s": 43.75,
    "l": 74.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73971,
    "c": 0.08031,
    "h": 288.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39634
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A3DB

secondary

#ECEDDE

accent

#B72FAB

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F8F6FC

border

#D1D0D5

text

#121216

muted

#818184

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A3DB

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

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