#A8A4DC#A8A4DC

#A8A4DC is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.400; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.080 H 287.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A4DC
RGB	rgb(168, 164, 220)
HSL	hsl(244, 44%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(244, 25%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.6%, 25.5%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.50, 13.33, -27.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.50, 30.82, 295.62°)
OKLab	oklab(74.21% 0.0242 -0.0765)
OKLCH	oklch(74.21% 0.08 287.5)
XYZ	xyz(42.3390, 40.0423, 73.1946)
Luminance	0.4004 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A4DC #D8DCA4

analogous

#A4BCDC #A8A4DC #C4A4DC

triadic

#A8A4DC #DCA8A4 #A4DCA8

tetradic

#A8A4DC #DCA4BC #D8DCA4 #A4DCC4

square

#A8A4DC #DCA4BC #D8DCA4 #A4DCC4

split-complementary

#A8A4DC #DCC4A4 #BCDCA4

monochromatic

#534CBA #7E78CB #A8A4DC #D2D0ED #EAE9F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#A8A4DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.01

#A8A4DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A4DC

9.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A4DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A4DC	1.00	2.33	9.01	9.01
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96ABDE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95A8DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9DADB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a4dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 164, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.080 287.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2bfe7',
    500: '#a8a4dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a4dc;
$custom-light: #c2bfe7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a4dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 244.286,
    "s": 44.444,
    "l": 75.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74209,
    "c": 0.08024,
    "h": 287.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40043
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A4DC

secondary

#ECEDDE

accent

#B82EAE

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F8F6FC

border

#D1D0D5

text

#121216

muted

#818184

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A4DC

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

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