#A8A3EC#A8A3EC

#A8A3EC is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.104 H 286.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A3EC
RGB	rgb(168, 163, 236)
HSL	hsl(244, 66%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(244, 31%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.8%, 30.9%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.88, 17.75, -35.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.88, 40.11, 296.26°)
OKLab	oklab(74.71% 0.03 -0.0999)
OKLCH	oklch(74.71% 0.104 286.7)
XYZ	xyz(44.3821, 40.5744, 84.8339)
Luminance	0.4057 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A3EC #E7ECA3

analogous

#A3C2EC #A8A3EC #CCA3EC

triadic

#A8A3EC #ECA8A3 #A3ECA8

tetradic

#A8A3EC #ECA3C2 #E7ECA3 #A3ECCC

square

#A8A3EC #ECA3C2 #E7ECA3 #A3ECCC

split-complementary

#A8A3EC #ECCCA3 #C2ECA3

monochromatic

#483ED7 #7870E2 #A8A3EC #D8D6F6 #E7E6FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#A8A3EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.11

#A8A3EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A3EC

9.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A3EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A3EC	1.00	2.30	9.11	9.11
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8FADEF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8DA9EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#98B0BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a3ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 163, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.104 286.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3bef2',
    500: '#a8a3ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a3ec;
$custom-light: #c3bef2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a3ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 244.11,
    "s": 65.766,
    "l": 78.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74708,
    "c": 0.10427,
    "h": 286.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40575
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A3EC

secondary

#F0F1DA

accent

#CE18C1

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F8F6FD

border

#D1D0D5

text

#131217

muted

#828185

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A3EC

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

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