#A8A5D9#A8A5D9

#A8A5D9 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.075 H 287.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A5D9
RGB	rgb(168, 165, 217)
HSL	hsl(243, 41%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(243, 24%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.6%, 24%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.64, 12.06, -25.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.64, 28.59, 294.96°)
OKLab	oklab(74.28% 0.0219 -0.0712)
OKLCH	oklch(74.28% 0.075 287.1)
XYZ	xyz(42.1249, 40.2442, 71.1807)
Luminance	0.4024 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A5D9 #D6D9A5

analogous

#A5BCD9 #A8A5D9 #C2A5D9

triadic

#A8A5D9 #D9A8A5 #A5D9A8

tetradic

#A8A5D9 #D9A5BC #D6D9A5 #A5D9C2

square

#A8A5D9 #D9A5BC #D6D9A5 #A5D9C2

split-complementary

#A8A5D9 #D9C2A5 #BCD9A5

monochromatic

#554FB5 #7E7AC7 #A8A5D9 #D2D0EB #EAE9F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#A8A5D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.05

#A8A5D9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A5D9

9.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A5D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A5D9	1.00	2.32	9.05	9.05
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98ABDB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97A9D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9DAEB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a5d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 165, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.075 287.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2bfe5',
    500: '#a8a5d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a5d9;
$custom-light: #c2bfe5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a5d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 243.462,
    "s": 40.625,
    "l": 74.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74284,
    "c": 0.07451,
    "h": 287.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.40245
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A5D9

secondary

#ECEDDE

accent

#B432AC

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F8F7FC

border

#D1D0D5

text

#121215

muted

#818184

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A5D9

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

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