#A8A5DC#A8A5DC

#A8A5DC is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.079 H 286.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A5DC
RGB	rgb(168, 165, 220)
HSL	hsl(243, 44%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(243, 25%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.6%, 25%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.75, 12.77, -27.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.75, 30.22, 294.99°)
OKLab	oklab(74.41% 0.0228 -0.0754)
OKLCH	oklch(74.41% 0.079 286.8)
XYZ	xyz(42.5187, 40.4017, 73.2545)
Luminance	0.4040 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A5DC #D9DCA5

analogous

#A5BDDC #A8A5DC #C3A5DC

triadic

#A8A5DC #DCA8A5 #A5DCA8

tetradic

#A8A5DC #DCA5BD #D9DCA5 #A5DCC3

square

#A8A5DC #DCA5BD #D9DCA5 #A5DCC3

split-complementary

#A8A5DC #DCC3A5 #BDDCA5

monochromatic

#534DBA #7D79CB #A8A5DC #D3D1ED #EAE9F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#A8A5DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.08

#A8A5DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A5DC

9.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A5DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A5DC	1.00	2.31	9.08	9.08
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97ACDE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96A9DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9CAEB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a5dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 165, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.079 286.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2bfe7',
    500: '#a8a5dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a5dc;
$custom-light: #c2bfe7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a5dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 243.273,
    "s": 44,
    "l": 75.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74407,
    "c": 0.07877,
    "h": 286.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.40402
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A5DC

secondary

#ECEDDE

accent

#B72EB0

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F8F7FC

border

#D1D0D5

text

#121216

muted

#818184

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A5DC

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

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