#A8A4ED#A8A4ED

#A8A4ED is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.410; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.104 H 286.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A4ED
RGB	rgb(168, 164, 237)
HSL	hsl(243, 67%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(243, 31%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.1%, 30.8%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.17, 17.43, -36.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.17, 40.06, 295.80°)
OKLab	oklab(74.95% 0.0289 -0.1001)
OKLCH	oklch(74.95% 0.104 286.1)
XYZ	xyz(44.7060, 40.9891, 85.6606)
Luminance	0.4099 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A4ED #E9EDA4

analogous

#A4C4ED #A8A4ED #CCA4ED

triadic

#A8A4ED #EDA8A4 #A4EDA8

tetradic

#A8A4ED #EDA4C4 #E9EDA4 #A4EDCC

square

#A8A4ED #EDA4C4 #E9EDA4 #A4EDCC

split-complementary

#A8A4ED #EDCCA4 #C4EDA4

monochromatic

#463ED9 #7771E3 #A8A4ED #D9D7F7 #E7E5FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#A8A4ED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.20

#A8A4ED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A4ED

9.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A4ED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A4ED	1.00	2.28	9.20	9.20
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90AEF0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8EAAEB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#98B1BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a4ed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 164, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.104 286.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3bff3',
    500: '#a8a4ed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a4ed;
$custom-light: #c3bff3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a4ed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 243.288,
    "s": 66.972,
    "l": 78.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74946,
    "c": 0.10422,
    "h": 286.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.4099
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A4ED

secondary

#F0F1DA

accent

#CF17C5

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F8F6FD

border

#D1D0D5

text

#131217

muted

#828185

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A4ED

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

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