#A8A4E6#A8A4E6

#A8A4E6 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.094 H 286.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A4E6
RGB	rgb(168, 164, 230)
HSL	hsl(244, 57%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(244, 29%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(27%, 28.7%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.89, 15.72, -32.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.89, 36.26, 295.69°)
OKLab	oklab(74.64% 0.027 -0.0904)
OKLCH	oklch(74.64% 0.094 286.6)
XYZ	xyz(43.7032, 40.5880, 80.3793)
Luminance	0.4059 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A4E6 #E2E6A4

analogous

#A4C1E6 #A8A4E6 #C9A4E6

triadic

#A8A4E6 #E6A8A4 #A4E6A8

tetradic

#A8A4E6 #E6A4C1 #E2E6A4 #A4E6C9

square

#A8A4E6 #E6A4C1 #E2E6A4 #A4E6C9

split-complementary

#A8A4E6 #E6C9A4 #C1E6A4

monochromatic

#4C44CC #7A74D9 #A8A4E6 #D6D4F3 #E8E7F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#A8A4E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.12

#A8A4E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A4E6

9.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A4E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A4E6	1.00	2.30	9.12	9.12
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92ADE9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91A9E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9AB0BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a4e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 164, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.094 286.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3bfee',
    500: '#a8a4e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a4e6;
$custom-light: #c3bfee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a4e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 243.636,
    "s": 56.897,
    "l": 77.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74636,
    "c": 0.09439,
    "h": 286.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.40589
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A4E6

secondary

#EEF0DB

accent

#C421BB

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F8F6FD

border

#D1D0D5

text

#121216

muted

#818184

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A4E6

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

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