#A8A4E5#A8A4E5

#A8A4E5 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.093 H 286.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A4E5
RGB	rgb(168, 164, 229)
HSL	hsl(244, 56%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(244, 28%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.6%, 28.4%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.85, 15.48, -32.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.85, 35.72, 295.68°)
OKLab	oklab(74.59% 0.0268 -0.089)
OKLCH	oklch(74.59% 0.093 286.7)
XYZ	xyz(43.5632, 40.5320, 79.6418)
Luminance	0.4053 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A4E5 #E1E5A4

analogous

#A4C1E5 #A8A4E5 #C9A4E5

triadic

#A8A4E5 #E5A8A4 #A4E5A8

tetradic

#A8A4E5 #E5A4C1 #E1E5A4 #A4E5C9

square

#A8A4E5 #E5A4C1 #E1E5A4 #A4E5C9

split-complementary

#A8A4E5 #E5C9A4 #C1E5A4

monochromatic

#4D45CA #7A74D7 #A8A4E5 #D6D4F3 #E8E7F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#A8A4E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.11

#A8A4E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A4E5

9.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A4E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A4E5	1.00	2.31	9.11	9.11
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93ACE8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91A9E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9AAFBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a4e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 164, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.093 286.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3bfed',
    500: '#a8a4e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a4e5;
$custom-light: #c3bfed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a4e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 243.692,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 77.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74592,
    "c": 0.09297,
    "h": 286.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40533
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A4E5

secondary

#EEEFDC

accent

#C322B9

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F8F6FD

border

#D1D0D5

text

#121216

muted

#818184

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A4E5

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

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