#A8A4E1#A8A4E1

#A8A4E1 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.087 H 287.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A4E1
RGB	rgb(168, 164, 225)
HSL	hsl(244, 50%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(244, 27%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.3%, 27.1%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.69, 14.51, -30.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.69, 33.54, 295.64°)
OKLab	oklab(74.42% 0.0256 -0.0835)
OKLCH	oklch(74.42% 0.087 287.1)
XYZ	xyz(43.0111, 40.3112, 76.7343)
Luminance	0.4031 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A4E1 #DDE1A4

analogous

#A4BFE1 #A8A4E1 #C7A4E1

triadic

#A8A4E1 #E1A8A4 #A4E1A8

tetradic

#A8A4E1 #E1A4BF #DDE1A4 #A4E1C7

square

#A8A4E1 #E1A4BF #DDE1A4 #A4E1C7

split-complementary

#A8A4E1 #E1C7A4 #BFE1A4

monochromatic

#5048C3 #7C76D2 #A8A4E1 #D4D2F0 #E9E8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#A8A4E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.06

#A8A4E1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A4E1

9.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A4E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A4E1	1.00	2.32	9.06	9.06
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94ACE4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93A9DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9BAFB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a4e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 164, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.087 287.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3bfea',
    500: '#a8a4e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a4e1;
$custom-light: #c3bfea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a4e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 243.934,
    "s": 50.413,
    "l": 76.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7442,
    "c": 0.08732,
    "h": 287.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.40312
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A4E1

secondary

#EDEEDD

accent

#BE28B4

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F8F6FD

border

#D1D0D5

text

#121216

muted

#818184

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A4E1

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

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