#A8A4E3#A8A4E3

#A8A4E3 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.090 H 286.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A4E3
RGB	rgb(168, 164, 227)
HSL	hsl(244, 53%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(244, 28%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(26%, 27.8%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.77, 14.99, -31.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.77, 34.63, 295.66°)
OKLab	oklab(74.51% 0.0262 -0.0863)
OKLCH	oklch(74.51% 0.09 286.9)
XYZ	xyz(43.2856, 40.4210, 78.1796)
Luminance	0.4042 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A4E3 #DFE3A4

analogous

#A4C0E3 #A8A4E3 #C8A4E3

triadic

#A8A4E3 #E3A8A4 #A4E3A8

tetradic

#A8A4E3 #E3A4C0 #DFE3A4 #A4E3C8

square

#A8A4E3 #E3A4C0 #DFE3A4 #A4E3C8

split-complementary

#A8A4E3 #E3C8A4 #C0E3A4

monochromatic

#4F46C6 #7B75D5 #A8A4E3 #D5D3F1 #E9E8F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#A8A4E3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.08

#A8A4E3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A4E3

9.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A4E3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A4E3	1.00	2.31	9.08	9.08
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93ACE6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92A9E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9BAFBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a4e3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 164, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.090 286.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3bfec',
    500: '#a8a4e3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a4e3;
$custom-light: #c3bfec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a4e3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 243.81,
    "s": 52.941,
    "l": 76.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74506,
    "c": 0.09015,
    "h": 286.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.40422
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A4E3

secondary

#EEEFDC

accent

#C025B7

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F8F6FD

border

#D1D0D5

text

#121216

muted

#818184

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A4E3

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

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