#A8A4E2#A8A4E2

#A8A4E2 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.089 H 287.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A4E2
RGB	rgb(168, 164, 226)
HSL	hsl(244, 52%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(244, 27%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.7%, 27.4%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.73, 14.75, -30.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.73, 34.09, 295.65°)
OKLab	oklab(74.46% 0.0259 -0.0849)
OKLCH	oklch(74.46% 0.089 287)
XYZ	xyz(43.1479, 40.3659, 77.4549)
Luminance	0.4037 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A4E2 #DEE2A4

analogous

#A4BFE2 #A8A4E2 #C7A4E2

triadic

#A8A4E2 #E2A8A4 #A4E2A8

tetradic

#A8A4E2 #E2A4BF #DEE2A4 #A4E2C7

square

#A8A4E2 #E2A4BF #DEE2A4 #A4E2C7

split-complementary

#A8A4E2 #E2C7A4 #BFE2A4

monochromatic

#4F47C4 #7C76D3 #A8A4E2 #D4D2F1 #E9E8F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#A8A4E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.07

#A8A4E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A4E2

9.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A4E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A4E2	1.00	2.31	9.07	9.07
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94ACE5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93A9E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9BAFBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a4e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 164, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.089 287.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3bfeb',
    500: '#a8a4e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a4e2;
$custom-light: #c3bfeb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a4e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 243.871,
    "s": 51.667,
    "l": 76.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74463,
    "c": 0.08873,
    "h": 287
  },
  "luminance": 0.40367
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A4E2

secondary

#EEEFDC

accent

#BF26B5

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F8F6FD

border

#D1D0D5

text

#121216

muted

#818184

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A4E2

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

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