#A8A4CB#A8A4CB

#A8A4CB is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.056 H 289.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A4CB
RGB	rgb(168, 164, 203)
HSL	hsl(246, 27%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(246, 19%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.2%, 19.2%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.89, 9.43, -19.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.89, 21.53, 295.98°)
OKLab	oklab(73.53% 0.0188 -0.0528)
OKLCH	oklch(73.53% 0.056 289.6)
XYZ	xyz(40.2010, 39.1871, 61.9342)
Luminance	0.3919 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A4CB #C7CBA4

analogous

#A4B4CB #A8A4CB #BCA4CB

triadic

#A8A4CB #CBA8A4 #A4CBA8

tetradic

#A8A4CB #CBA4B4 #C7CBA4 #A4CBBC

square

#A8A4CB #CBA4B4 #C7CBA4 #A4CBBC

split-complementary

#A8A4CB #CBBCA4 #B4CBA4

monochromatic

#60599C #837DB5 #A8A4CB #CDCBE1 #ECECF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#A8A4CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.84

#A8A4CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A4CB

8.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A4CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A4CB	1.00	2.38	8.84	8.84
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BA9CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BA7CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A1AAB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a4cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 164, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.056 289.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2bfdb',
    500: '#a8a4cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a4cb;
$custom-light: #c2bfdb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a4cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 246.154,
    "s": 27.273,
    "l": 71.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73531,
    "c": 0.05602,
    "h": 289.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39188
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A4CB

secondary

#E9EAE1

accent

#A6409B

background

#FBFBFD

surface

#F7F6FA

border

#D0D0D3

text

#121215

muted

#818183

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A4CB

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

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