#A8A5CC#A8A5CC

#A8A5CC is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.056 H 288.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A5CC
RGB	rgb(168, 165, 204)
HSL	hsl(245, 28%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(245, 19%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.6%, 19.1%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.18, 9.10, -19.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.18, 21.48, 295.05°)
OKLab	oklab(73.77% 0.0177 -0.0531)
OKLCH	oklch(73.77% 0.056 288.5)
XYZ	xyz(40.5002, 39.5943, 62.6238)
Luminance	0.3960 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A5CC #C9CCA5

analogous

#A5B6CC #A8A5CC #BBA5CC

triadic

#A8A5CC #CCA8A5 #A5CCA8

tetradic

#A8A5CC #CCA5B6 #C9CCA5 #A5CCBB

square

#A8A5CC #CCA5B6 #C9CCA5 #A5CCBB

split-complementary

#A8A5CC #CCBBA5 #B6CCA5

monochromatic

#5E599D #827EB6 #A8A5CC #CECCE2 #ECEBF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#A8A5CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.92

#A8A5CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A5CC

8.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A5CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A5CC	1.00	2.35	8.92	8.92
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CAACE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BA8CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A1ABB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a5cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 165, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.056 288.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2bfdb',
    500: '#a8a5cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a5cc;
$custom-light: #c2bfdb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a5cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 244.615,
    "s": 27.66,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7377,
    "c": 0.05594,
    "h": 288.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.39595
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A5CC

secondary

#EAEAE1

accent

#A63F9E

background

#FBFBFD

surface

#F7F7FB

border

#D0D0D4

text

#121215

muted

#818183

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A5CC

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

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