#A8A3EB#A8A3EB

#A8A3EB is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.103 H 286.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A3EB
RGB	rgb(168, 163, 235)
HSL	hsl(244, 64%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(244, 31%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.5%, 30.6%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.84, 17.50, -35.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.84, 39.57, 296.25°)
OKLab	oklab(74.66% 0.0297 -0.0985)
OKLCH	oklch(74.66% 0.103 286.8)
XYZ	xyz(44.2372, 40.5164, 84.0709)
Luminance	0.4052 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A3EB #E6EBA3

analogous

#A3C2EB #A8A3EB #CCA3EB

triadic

#A8A3EB #EBA8A3 #A3EBA8

tetradic

#A8A3EB #EBA3C2 #E6EBA3 #A3EBCC

square

#A8A3EB #EBA3C2 #E6EBA3 #A3EBCC

split-complementary

#A8A3EB #EBCCA3 #C2EBA3

monochromatic

#493ED5 #7871E0 #A8A3EB #D8D5F6 #E7E6FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#A8A3EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.10

#A8A3EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A3EB

9.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A3EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A3EB	1.00	2.31	9.10	9.10
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8FADEE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8EA9E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#98B0BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a3eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 163, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.103 286.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3bef1',
    500: '#a8a3eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a3eb;
$custom-light: #c3bef1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a3eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 244.167,
    "s": 64.286,
    "l": 78.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74663,
    "c": 0.10287,
    "h": 286.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.40517
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A3EB

secondary

#EFF1DA

accent

#CC19C0

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F8F6FD

border

#D1D0D5

text

#131217

muted

#828185

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A3EB

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

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