#A8A4DB#A8A4DB

#A8A4DB is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.400; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.079 H 287.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A4DB
RGB	rgb(168, 164, 219)
HSL	hsl(244, 43%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(244, 25%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.3%, 25.1%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.46, 13.09, -27.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.46, 30.27, 295.62°)
OKLab	oklab(74.17% 0.0239 -0.0751)
OKLCH	oklch(74.17% 0.079 287.6)
XYZ	xyz(42.2070, 39.9895, 72.4992)
Luminance	0.3999 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A4DB #D7DBA4

analogous

#A4BBDB #A8A4DB #C4A4DB

triadic

#A8A4DB #DBA8A4 #A4DBA8

tetradic

#A8A4DB #DBA4BB #D7DBA4 #A4DBC4

square

#A8A4DB #DBA4BB #D7DBA4 #A4DBC4

split-complementary

#A8A4DB #DBC4A4 #BBDBA4

monochromatic

#544CB8 #7E78CA #A8A4DB #D2D0EC #EAE9F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#A8A4DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.00

#A8A4DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A4DB

9.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A4DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A4DB	1.00	2.33	9.00	9.00
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96ABDD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95A8DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9DADB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a4db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 164, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.079 287.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2bfe6',
    500: '#a8a4db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a4db;
$custom-light: #c2bfe6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a4db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 244.364,
    "s": 43.307,
    "l": 75.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74168,
    "c": 0.07882,
    "h": 287.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.3999
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A4DB

secondary

#ECEDDE

accent

#B62FAD

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F8F6FC

border

#D1D0D5

text

#121216

muted

#818184

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A4DB

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

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