#A8A4EA#A8A4EA

#A8A4EA is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.100 H 286.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A4EA
RGB	rgb(168, 164, 234)
HSL	hsl(243, 63%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(243, 30%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.2%, 29.9%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.05, 16.69, -34.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.05, 38.43, 295.75°)
OKLab	oklab(74.81% 0.0281 -0.096)
OKLCH	oklch(74.81% 0.1 286.3)
XYZ	xyz(44.2714, 40.8153, 83.3716)
Luminance	0.4082 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A4EA #E6EAA4

analogous

#A4C3EA #A8A4EA #CBA4EA

triadic

#A8A4EA #EAA8A4 #A4EAA8

tetradic

#A8A4EA #EAA4C3 #E6EAA4 #A4EACB

square

#A8A4EA #EAA4C3 #E6EAA4 #A4EACB

split-complementary

#A8A4EA #EACBA4 #C3EAA4

monochromatic

#4941D3 #7872DF #A8A4EA #D8D6F5 #E7E6F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#A8A4EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.16

#A8A4EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A4EA

9.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A4EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A4EA	1.00	2.29	9.16	9.16
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91ADED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8FA9E8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#98B0BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a4ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 164, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.100 286.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3bff1',
    500: '#a8a4ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a4ea;
$custom-light: #c3bff1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a4ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 243.429,
    "s": 62.5,
    "l": 78.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74812,
    "c": 0.10001,
    "h": 286.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40816
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A4EA

secondary

#EFF1DA

accent

#CA1BC0

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F8F6FD

border

#D1D0D5

text

#131216

muted

#828184

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A4EA

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

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