#A8A5CD#A8A5CD

#A8A5CD is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.057 H 288.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A5CD
RGB	rgb(168, 165, 205)
HSL	hsl(245, 29%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(245, 20%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(18%, 19.5%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.21, 9.32, -19.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.21, 22.03, 295.03°)
OKLab	oklab(73.81% 0.0181 -0.0545)
OKLCH	oklch(73.81% 0.057 288.3)
XYZ	xyz(40.6205, 39.6424, 63.2575)
Luminance	0.3964 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A5CD #CACDA5

analogous

#A5B6CD #A8A5CD #BCA5CD

triadic

#A8A5CD #CDA8A5 #A5CDA8

tetradic

#A8A5CD #CDA5B6 #CACDA5 #A5CDBC

square

#A8A5CD #CDA5B6 #CACDA5 #A5CDBC

split-complementary

#A8A5CD #CDBCA5 #B6CDA5

monochromatic

#5E589F #827EB7 #A8A5CD #CECCE3 #ECEBF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#A8A5CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.93

#A8A5CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A5CD

8.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A5CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A5CD	1.00	2.35	8.93	8.93
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CAACF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BA8CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A0ABB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a5cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 165, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.057 288.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2bfdc',
    500: '#a8a5cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a5cd;
$custom-light: #c2bfdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a5cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 244.5,
    "s": 28.571,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73809,
    "c": 0.05738,
    "h": 288.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39643
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A5CD

secondary

#EAEBE0

accent

#A73E9F

background

#FBFBFD

surface

#F7F7FB

border

#D0D0D4

text

#121215

muted

#818183

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A5CD

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

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