#A8A3EE#A8A3EE

#A8A3EE is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.107 H 286.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A3EE
RGB	rgb(168, 163, 238)
HSL	hsl(244, 69%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(244, 32%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.4%, 31.5%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.96, 18.24, -36.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.96, 41.19, 296.28°)
OKLab	oklab(74.8% 0.0305 -0.1026)
OKLCH	oklch(74.8% 0.107 286.6)
XYZ	xyz(44.6742, 40.6912, 86.3728)
Luminance	0.4069 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A3EE #E9EEA3

analogous

#A3C3EE #A8A3EE #CDA3EE

triadic

#A8A3EE #EEA8A3 #A3EEA8

tetradic

#A8A3EE #EEA3C3 #E9EEA3 #A3EECD

square

#A8A3EE #EEA3C3 #E9EEA3 #A3EECD

split-complementary

#A8A3EE #EECDA3 #C3EEA3

monochromatic

#463CDB #776FE4 #A8A3EE #D9D7F8 #E7E5FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#A8A3EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.14

#A8A3EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A3EE

9.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A3EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A3EE	1.00	2.30	9.14	9.14
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8EADF1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8CA9EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#97B0BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a3ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 163, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.107 286.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3bef4',
    500: '#a8a3ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a3ee;
$custom-light: #c3bef4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a3ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 244,
    "s": 68.807,
    "l": 78.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74799,
    "c": 0.10707,
    "h": 286.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.40692
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A3EE

secondary

#F0F2D9

accent

#D115C4

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F8F6FD

border

#D1D0D5

text

#131217

muted

#828185

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A3EE

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

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