#A8A4E4#A8A4E4

#A8A4E4 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.092 H 286.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A4E4
RGB	rgb(168, 164, 228)
HSL	hsl(244, 54%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(244, 28%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.3%, 28.1%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.81, 15.23, -31.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.81, 35.17, 295.67°)
OKLab	oklab(74.55% 0.0265 -0.0876)
OKLCH	oklch(74.55% 0.092 286.8)
XYZ	xyz(43.4240, 40.4763, 78.9086)
Luminance	0.4048 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A4E4 #E0E4A4

analogous

#A4C0E4 #A8A4E4 #C8A4E4

triadic

#A8A4E4 #E4A8A4 #A4E4A8

tetradic

#A8A4E4 #E4A4C0 #E0E4A4 #A4E4C8

square

#A8A4E4 #E4A4C0 #E0E4A4 #A4E4C8

split-complementary

#A8A4E4 #E4C8A4 #C0E4A4

monochromatic

#4E46C8 #7B75D6 #A8A4E4 #D5D3F2 #E8E7F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#A8A4E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.10

#A8A4E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A4E4

9.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A4E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A4E4	1.00	2.31	9.10	9.10
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93ACE7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92A9E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9AAFBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a4e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 164, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.092 286.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3bfec',
    500: '#a8a4e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a4e4;
$custom-light: #c3bfec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a4e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 243.75,
    "s": 54.237,
    "l": 76.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74549,
    "c": 0.09156,
    "h": 286.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.40477
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A4E4

secondary

#EEEFDC

accent

#C224B8

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F8F6FD

border

#D1D0D5

text

#121216

muted

#818184

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A4E4

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

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