#A8A4EB#A8A4EB

#A8A4EB is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.101 H 286.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A4EB
RGB	rgb(168, 164, 235)
HSL	hsl(243, 64%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(243, 30%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.5%, 30.2%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.09, 16.94, -35.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.09, 38.97, 295.76°)
OKLab	oklab(74.86% 0.0284 -0.0974)
OKLCH	oklch(74.86% 0.101 286.3)
XYZ	xyz(44.4154, 40.8729, 84.1303)
Luminance	0.4087 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A4EB #E7EBA4

analogous

#A4C3EB #A8A4EB #CBA4EB

triadic

#A8A4EB #EBA8A4 #A4EBA8

tetradic

#A8A4EB #EBA4C3 #E7EBA4 #A4EBCB

square

#A8A4EB #EBA4C3 #E7EBA4 #A4EBCB

split-complementary

#A8A4EB #EBCBA4 #C3EBA4

monochromatic

#4840D5 #7872E0 #A8A4EB #D8D6F6 #E7E6F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#A8A4EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.17

#A8A4EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A4EB

9.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A4EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A4EB	1.00	2.29	9.17	9.17
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90ADEE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8FA9E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#98B1BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a4eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 164, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.101 286.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3bff1',
    500: '#a8a4eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a4eb;
$custom-light: #c3bff1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a4eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 243.38,
    "s": 63.964,
    "l": 78.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74857,
    "c": 0.10141,
    "h": 286.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40874
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A4EB

secondary

#F0F1DA

accent

#CC1AC2

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F8F6FD

border

#D1D0D5

text

#131217

muted

#828185

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A4EB

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

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