#A8A5CB#A8A5CB

#A8A5CB is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.055 H 288.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A5CB
RGB	rgb(168, 165, 203)
HSL	hsl(245, 27%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(245, 19%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.2%, 18.7%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.15, 8.87, -18.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.15, 20.94, 295.08°)
OKLab	oklab(73.73% 0.0174 -0.0517)
OKLCH	oklch(73.73% 0.055 288.6)
XYZ	xyz(40.3807, 39.5465, 61.9941)
Luminance	0.3955 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A5CB #C8CBA5

analogous

#A5B5CB #A8A5CB #BBA5CB

triadic

#A8A5CB #CBA8A5 #A5CBA8

tetradic

#A8A5CB #CBA5B5 #C8CBA5 #A5CBBB

square

#A8A5CB #CBA5B5 #C8CBA5 #A5CBBB

split-complementary

#A8A5CB #CBBBA5 #B5CBA5

monochromatic

#5F5A9C #837EB5 #A8A5CB #CDCCE1 #ECECF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#A8A5CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.91

#A8A5CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A5CB

8.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A5CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A5CB	1.00	2.36	8.91	8.91
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CAACD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CA8CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A1ABB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a5cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 165, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.055 288.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2bfdb',
    500: '#a8a5cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a5cb;
$custom-light: #c2bfdb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a5cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 244.737,
    "s": 26.761,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73732,
    "c": 0.05452,
    "h": 288.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39547
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A5CB

secondary

#EAEAE1

accent

#A5409D

background

#FBFBFD

surface

#F7F7FA

border

#D0D0D3

text

#121215

muted

#818183

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A5CB

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

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