#A8A5D6#A8A5D6

#A8A5D6 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.070 H 287.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A5D6
RGB	rgb(168, 165, 214)
HSL	hsl(244, 37%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(244, 23%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.5%, 22.9%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.53, 11.37, -24.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.53, 26.95, 294.95°)
OKLab	oklab(74.16% 0.021 -0.067)
OKLCH	oklch(74.16% 0.07 287.4)
XYZ	xyz(41.7383, 40.0895, 69.1444)
Luminance	0.4009 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A5D6 #D3D6A5

analogous

#A5BBD6 #A8A5D6 #C1A5D6

triadic

#A8A5D6 #D6A8A5 #A5D6A8

tetradic

#A8A5D6 #D6A5BB #D3D6A5 #A5D6C1

square

#A8A5D6 #D6A5BB #D3D6A5 #A5D6C1

split-complementary

#A8A5D6 #D6C1A5 #BBD6A5

monochromatic

#5751B0 #7F7BC3 #A8A5D6 #D1CFE9 #EBEAF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#A8A5D6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.02

#A8A5D6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A5D6

9.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A5D6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A5D6	1.00	2.33	9.02	9.02
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99ABD8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98A9D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9EADB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a5d6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 165, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.070 287.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2bfe2',
    500: '#a8a5d6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a5d6;
$custom-light: #c2bfe2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a5d6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 243.673,
    "s": 37.405,
    "l": 74.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74162,
    "c": 0.07023,
    "h": 287.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.4009
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A5D6

secondary

#EBECDF

accent

#B035A9

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F8F7FB

border

#D1D0D4

text

#121215

muted

#818183

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A5D6

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

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