#A8A5EA#A8A5EA

#A8A5EA is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.412; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.099 H 285.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A5EA
RGB	rgb(168, 165, 234)
HSL	hsl(243, 62%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(243, 29%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.2%, 29.5%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.30, 16.13, -34.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.30, 37.84, 295.24°)
OKLab	oklab(75.01% 0.0268 -0.0949)
OKLCH	oklch(75.01% 0.099 285.7)
XYZ	xyz(44.4510, 41.1746, 83.4315)
Luminance	0.4118 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A5EA #E7EAA5

analogous

#A5C4EA #A8A5EA #CAA5EA

triadic

#A8A5EA #EAA8A5 #A5EAA8

tetradic

#A8A5EA #EAA5C4 #E7EAA5 #A5EACA

square

#A8A5EA #EAA5C4 #E7EAA5 #A5EACA

split-complementary

#A8A5EA #EACAA5 #C4EAA5

monochromatic

#4842D3 #7873DE #A8A5EA #D8D7F6 #E7E6F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#A8A5EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.24

#A8A5EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A5EA

9.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A5EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A5EA	1.00	2.27	9.24	9.24
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92AEED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90AAE8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#98B1BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a5ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 165, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.099 285.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3bff1',
    500: '#a8a5ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a5ea;
$custom-light: #c3bff1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a5ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 242.609,
    "s": 62.162,
    "l": 78.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75006,
    "c": 0.09856,
    "h": 285.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.41176
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A5EA

secondary

#F0F1DA

accent

#CA1CC2

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F8F7FD

border

#D1D0D5

text

#131216

muted

#828184

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A5EA

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

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