#A8A5DA#A8A5DA

#A8A5DA is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.076 H 287.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A5DA
RGB	rgb(168, 165, 218)
HSL	hsl(243, 42%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(243, 24%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.9%, 24.3%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.68, 12.30, -26.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.68, 29.13, 294.97°)
OKLab	oklab(74.33% 0.0222 -0.0726)
OKLCH	oklch(74.33% 0.076 287)
XYZ	xyz(42.2554, 40.2964, 71.8678)
Luminance	0.4030 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A5DA #D7DAA5

analogous

#A5BDDA #A8A5DA #C2A5DA

triadic

#A8A5DA #DAA8A5 #A5DAA8

tetradic

#A8A5DA #DAA5BD #D7DAA5 #A5DAC2

square

#A8A5DA #DAA5BD #D7DAA5 #A5DAC2

split-complementary

#A8A5DA #DAC2A5 #BDDAA5

monochromatic

#544EB6 #7E7AC8 #A8A5DA #D2D0EC #EAE9F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#A8A5DA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.06

#A8A5DA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A5DA

9.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A5DA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A5DA	1.00	2.32	9.06	9.06
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98ACDC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97A9D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9DAEB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a5da;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 165, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.076 287.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2bfe5',
    500: '#a8a5da',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a5da;
$custom-light: #c2bfe5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a5da",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 243.396,
    "s": 41.732,
    "l": 75.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74325,
    "c": 0.07592,
    "h": 287
  },
  "luminance": 0.40297
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A5DA

secondary

#ECEDDE

accent

#B531AD

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F8F7FC

border

#D1D0D5

text

#121215

muted

#818184

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A5DA

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

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