#A8A4EC#A8A4EC

#A8A4EC is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.103 H 286.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A4EC
RGB	rgb(168, 164, 236)
HSL	hsl(243, 65%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(243, 31%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.8%, 30.5%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.13, 17.19, -35.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.13, 39.51, 295.78°)
OKLab	oklab(74.9% 0.0286 -0.0987)
OKLCH	oklch(74.9% 0.103 286.2)
XYZ	xyz(44.5603, 40.9309, 84.8933)
Luminance	0.4093 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A4EC #E8ECA4

analogous

#A4C4EC #A8A4EC #CCA4EC

triadic

#A8A4EC #ECA8A4 #A4ECA8

tetradic

#A8A4EC #ECA4C4 #E8ECA4 #A4ECCC

square

#A8A4EC #ECA4C4 #E8ECA4 #A4ECCC

split-complementary

#A8A4EC #ECCCA4 #C4ECA4

monochromatic

#473FD7 #7871E1 #A8A4EC #D8D7F7 #E7E6FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#A8A4EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.19

#A8A4EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A4EC

9.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A4EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A4EC	1.00	2.29	9.19	9.19
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90ADEF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8EA9EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#98B1BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a4ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 164, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.103 286.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3bff2',
    500: '#a8a4ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a4ec;
$custom-light: #c3bff2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a4ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 243.333,
    "s": 65.455,
    "l": 78.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74901,
    "c": 0.10282,
    "h": 286.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40932
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A4EC

secondary

#F0F1DA

accent

#CD18C3

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F8F6FD

border

#D1D0D5

text

#131217

muted

#828185

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A4EC

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

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