#A8A5CE#A8A5CE

#A8A5CE is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.059 H 288.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A5CE
RGB	rgb(168, 165, 206)
HSL	hsl(244, 29%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(244, 20%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.4%, 19.9%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.25, 9.54, -20.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.25, 22.58, 295.01°)
OKLab	oklab(73.85% 0.0184 -0.0559)
OKLCH	oklch(73.85% 0.059 288.2)
XYZ	xyz(40.7416, 39.6908, 63.8952)
Luminance	0.3969 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A5CE #CBCEA5

analogous

#A5B6CE #A8A5CE #BCA5CE

triadic

#A8A5CE #CEA8A5 #A5CEA8

tetradic

#A8A5CE #CEA5B6 #CBCEA5 #A5CEBC

square

#A8A5CE #CEA5B6 #CBCEA5 #A5CEBC

split-complementary

#A8A5CE #CEBCA5 #B6CEA5

monochromatic

#5D58A1 #827DB8 #A8A5CE #CECDE4 #ECEBF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#A8A5CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.94

#A8A5CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A5CE

8.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A5CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A5CE	1.00	2.35	8.94	8.94
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BAAD0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BA8CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A0ACB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a5ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 165, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.059 288.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2bfdd',
    500: '#a8a5ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a5ce;
$custom-light: #c2bfdd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a5ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 244.39,
    "s": 29.496,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73847,
    "c": 0.05881,
    "h": 288.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39691
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A5CE

secondary

#EAEBE0

accent

#A83DA0

background

#FBFBFD

surface

#F7F7FB

border

#D0D0D4

text

#121215

muted

#818183

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A5CE

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

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