#A8A4D9#A8A4D9

#A8A4D9 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.076 H 287.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A4D9
RGB	rgb(168, 164, 217)
HSL	hsl(245, 41%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(245, 24%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.6%, 24.4%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.39, 12.62, -26.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.39, 29.18, 295.63°)
OKLab	oklab(74.09% 0.0233 -0.0723)
OKLCH	oklch(74.09% 0.076 287.9)
XYZ	xyz(41.9453, 39.8848, 71.1208)
Luminance	0.3989 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A4D9 #D5D9A4

analogous

#A4BBD9 #A8A4D9 #C2A4D9

triadic

#A8A4D9 #D9A8A4 #A4D9A8

tetradic

#A8A4D9 #D9A4BB #D5D9A4 #A4D9C2

square

#A8A4D9 #D9A4BB #D5D9A4 #A4D9C2

split-complementary

#A8A4D9 #D9C2A4 #BBD9A4

monochromatic

#554EB5 #7F79C7 #A8A4D9 #D1CFEB #EAE9F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#A8A4D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.98

#A8A4D9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A4D9

8.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A4D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A4D9	1.00	2.34	8.98	8.98
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97ABDB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96A8D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9DADB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a4d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 164, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.076 287.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2bfe5',
    500: '#a8a4d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a4d9;
$custom-light: #c2bfe5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a4d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 244.528,
    "s": 41.085,
    "l": 74.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74085,
    "c": 0.07598,
    "h": 287.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39886
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A4D9

secondary

#ECEDDE

accent

#B431AA

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F8F6FC

border

#D1D0D5

text

#121215

muted

#818184

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A4D9

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

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