#A8A3E7#A8A3E7

#A8A3E7 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.097 H 287.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A3E7
RGB	rgb(168, 163, 231)
HSL	hsl(244, 59%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(244, 29%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.3%, 29.4%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.67, 16.52, -33.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.67, 37.40, 296.22°)
OKLab	oklab(74.49% 0.0287 -0.0929)
OKLCH	oklch(74.49% 0.097 287.2)
XYZ	xyz(43.6658, 40.2878, 81.0616)
Luminance	0.4029 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A3E7 #E2E7A3

analogous

#A3C0E7 #A8A3E7 #CAA3E7

triadic

#A8A3E7 #E7A8A3 #A3E7A8

tetradic

#A8A3E7 #E7A3C0 #E2E7A3 #A3E7CA

square

#A8A3E7 #E7A3C0 #E2E7A3 #A3E7CA

split-complementary

#A8A3E7 #E7CAA3 #C0E7A3

monochromatic

#4C42CE #7A72DA #A8A3E7 #D6D4F4 #E8E7F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#A8A3E7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.06

#A8A3E7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A3E7

9.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A3E7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A3E7	1.00	2.32	9.06	9.06
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91ACEA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90A8E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#99AFBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a3e7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 163, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.097 287.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3beef',
    500: '#a8a3e7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a3e7;
$custom-light: #c3beef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a3e7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 244.412,
    "s": 58.621,
    "l": 77.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74485,
    "c": 0.09725,
    "h": 287.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40289
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A3E7

secondary

#EEF0DB

accent

#C61FBA

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F8F6FD

border

#D1D0D5

text

#131216

muted

#828184

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A3E7

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

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