#A8A4E9#A8A4E9

#A8A4E9 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.099 H 286.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A4E9
RGB	rgb(168, 164, 233)
HSL	hsl(243, 61%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(243, 30%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.9%, 29.6%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.01, 16.45, -34.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.01, 37.89, 295.73°)
OKLab	oklab(74.77% 0.0279 -0.0946)
OKLCH	oklch(74.77% 0.099 286.4)
XYZ	xyz(44.1281, 40.7580, 82.6171)
Luminance	0.4076 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A4E9 #E5E9A4

analogous

#A4C2E9 #A8A4E9 #CAA4E9

triadic

#A8A4E9 #E9A8A4 #A4E9A8

tetradic

#A8A4E9 #E9A4C2 #E5E9A4 #A4E9CA

square

#A8A4E9 #E9A4C2 #E5E9A4 #A4E9CA

split-complementary

#A8A4E9 #E9CAA4 #C2E9A4

monochromatic

#4A41D1 #7973DD #A8A4E9 #D7D5F5 #E7E6F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#A8A4E9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.15

#A8A4E9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A4E9

9.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A4E9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A4E9	1.00	2.29	9.15	9.15
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91ADEC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90A9E7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#99B0BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a4e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 164, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.099 286.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3bff0',
    500: '#a8a4e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a4e9;
$custom-light: #c3bff0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a4e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 243.478,
    "s": 61.062,
    "l": 77.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74768,
    "c": 0.0986,
    "h": 286.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.40759
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A4E9

secondary

#EFF0DB

accent

#C91DBF

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F8F6FD

border

#D1D0D5

text

#131216

muted

#828184

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A4E9

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

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