#A8A5DB#A8A5DB

#A8A5DB is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.077 H 286.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A5DB
RGB	rgb(168, 165, 219)
HSL	hsl(243, 43%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(243, 25%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.3%, 24.7%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.72, 12.53, -26.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.72, 29.68, 294.98°)
OKLab	oklab(74.37% 0.0225 -0.074)
OKLCH	oklch(74.37% 0.077 286.9)
XYZ	xyz(42.3866, 40.3489, 72.5590)
Luminance	0.4035 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A5DB #D8DBA5

analogous

#A5BDDB #A8A5DB #C3A5DB

triadic

#A8A5DB #DBA8A5 #A5DBA8

tetradic

#A8A5DB #DBA5BD #D8DBA5 #A5DBC3

square

#A8A5DB #DBA5BD #D8DBA5 #A5DBC3

split-complementary

#A8A5DB #DBC3A5 #BDDBA5

monochromatic

#534EB8 #7E79CA #A8A5DB #D2D1EC #EAE9F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#A8A5DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.07

#A8A5DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A5DB

9.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A5DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A5DB	1.00	2.32	9.07	9.07
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97ACDD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96A9DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9DAEB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a5db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 165, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.077 286.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2bfe6',
    500: '#a8a5db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a5db;
$custom-light: #c2bfe6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a5db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 243.333,
    "s": 42.857,
    "l": 75.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74366,
    "c": 0.07734,
    "h": 286.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.4035
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A5DB

secondary

#ECEDDE

accent

#B630AE

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F8F7FC

border

#D1D0D5

text

#121216

muted

#818184

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A5DB

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

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