#A8A4CE#A8A4CE

#A8A4CE is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.060 H 289.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A4CE
RGB	rgb(168, 164, 206)
HSL	hsl(246, 30%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(246, 20%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.4%, 20.4%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.99, 10.10, -20.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.99, 23.17, 295.85°)
OKLab	oklab(73.65% 0.0198 -0.0569)
OKLCH	oklch(73.65% 0.06 289.2)
XYZ	xyz(40.5620, 39.3315, 63.8353)
Luminance	0.3933 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A4CE #CACEA4

analogous

#A4B5CE #A8A4CE #BDA4CE

triadic

#A8A4CE #CEA8A4 #A4CEA8

tetradic

#A8A4CE #CEA4B5 #CACEA4 #A4CEBD

square

#A8A4CE #CEA4B5 #CACEA4 #A4CEBD

split-complementary

#A8A4CE #CEBDA4 #B5CEA4

monochromatic

#5E57A1 #827CB9 #A8A4CE #CECCE3 #ECEBF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#A8A4CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.87

#A8A4CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A4CE

8.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A4CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A4CE	1.00	2.37	8.87	8.87
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AA9D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AA7CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A0ABB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a4ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 164, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.060 289.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2bfdd',
    500: '#a8a4ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a4ce;
$custom-light: #c2bfdd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a4ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 245.714,
    "s": 30,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73647,
    "c": 0.0603,
    "h": 289.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39332
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A4CE

secondary

#EAEBE0

accent

#A93D9E

background

#FBFBFD

surface

#F7F6FB

border

#D0D0D4

text

#121215

muted

#818183

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A4CE

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

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