#A8A4E8#A8A4E8

#A8A4E8 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.097 H 286.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A4E8
RGB	rgb(168, 164, 232)
HSL	hsl(244, 60%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(244, 29%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.6%, 29.3%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.97, 16.20, -33.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.97, 37.35, 295.72°)
OKLab	oklab(74.72% 0.0276 -0.0932)
OKLCH	oklch(74.72% 0.097 286.5)
XYZ	xyz(43.9857, 40.7010, 81.8669)
Luminance	0.4070 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A4E8 #E4E8A4

analogous

#A4C2E8 #A8A4E8 #CAA4E8

triadic

#A8A4E8 #E8A8A4 #A4E8A8

tetradic

#A8A4E8 #E8A4C2 #E4E8A4 #A4E8CA

square

#A8A4E8 #E8A4C2 #E4E8A4 #A4E8CA

split-complementary

#A8A4E8 #E8CAA4 #C2E8A4

monochromatic

#4B42CF #7973DC #A8A4E8 #D7D5F4 #E8E7F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#A8A4E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.14

#A8A4E8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A4E8

9.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A4E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A4E8	1.00	2.30	9.14	9.14
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91ADEB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90A9E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#99B0BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a4e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 164, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.097 286.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3bfef',
    500: '#a8a4e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a4e8;
$custom-light: #c3bfef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a4e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 243.529,
    "s": 59.649,
    "l": 77.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74724,
    "c": 0.0972,
    "h": 286.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40702
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A4E8

secondary

#EFF0DB

accent

#C71EBD

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F8F6FD

border

#D1D0D5

text

#131216

muted

#828184

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A4E8

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

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