#A8A4CD#A8A4CD

#A8A4CD is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.059 H 289.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A4CD
RGB	rgb(168, 164, 205)
HSL	hsl(246, 29%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(246, 20%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(18%, 20%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.96, 9.88, -20.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.96, 22.63, 295.88°)
OKLab	oklab(73.61% 0.0195 -0.0555)
OKLCH	oklch(73.61% 0.059 289.3)
XYZ	xyz(40.4409, 39.2831, 63.1976)
Luminance	0.3928 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A4CD #C9CDA4

analogous

#A4B4CD #A8A4CD #BDA4CD

triadic

#A8A4CD #CDA8A4 #A4CDA8

tetradic

#A8A4CD #CDA4B4 #C9CDA4 #A4CDBD

square

#A8A4CD #CDA4B4 #C9CDA4 #A4CDBD

split-complementary

#A8A4CD #CDBDA4 #B4CDA4

monochromatic

#5E579F #827DB7 #A8A4CD #CECBE3 #ECEBF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#A8A4CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.86

#A8A4CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A4CD

8.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A4CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A4CD	1.00	2.37	8.86	8.86
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AA9CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AA7CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A1ABB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a4cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 164, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.059 289.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2bfdc',
    500: '#a8a4cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a4cd;
$custom-light: #c2bfdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a4cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 245.854,
    "s": 29.078,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73608,
    "c": 0.05887,
    "h": 289.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39284
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A4CD

secondary

#EAEBE0

accent

#A83E9D

background

#FBFBFD

surface

#F7F6FB

border

#D0D0D4

text

#121215

muted

#818183

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A4CD

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

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