#A8A4EF#A8A4EF

#A8A4EF is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.411; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.107 H 286.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A4EF
RGB	rgb(168, 164, 239)
HSL	hsl(243, 70%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(243, 31%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.7%, 31.4%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.25, 17.93, -37.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.25, 41.14, 295.83°)
OKLab	oklab(75.04% 0.0294 -0.1029)
OKLCH	oklch(75.04% 0.107 286)
XYZ	xyz(44.9998, 41.1067, 87.2081)
Luminance	0.4111 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A4EF #EBEFA4

analogous

#A4C6EF #A8A4EF #CEA4EF

triadic

#A8A4EF #EFA8A4 #A4EFA8

tetradic

#A8A4EF #EFA4C6 #EBEFA4 #A4EFCE

square

#A8A4EF #EFA4C6 #EBEFA4 #A4EFCE

split-complementary

#A8A4EF #EFCEA4 #C6EFA4

monochromatic

#443CDD #7670E6 #A8A4EF #DAD8F8 #E6E5FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#A8A4EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.22

#A8A4EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A4EF

9.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A4EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A4EF	1.00	2.28	9.22	9.22
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8FAEF2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8DAAED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#97B1BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a4ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 164, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.107 286.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3bff4',
    500: '#a8a4ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a4ef;
$custom-light: #c3bff4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a4ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 243.2,
    "s": 70.093,
    "l": 79.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75037,
    "c": 0.10702,
    "h": 286
  },
  "luminance": 0.41108
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A4EF

secondary

#F1F2D9

accent

#D213C8

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F8F6FD

border

#D1D0D5

text

#131217

muted

#828185

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A4EF

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

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