#A8A5EB#A8A5EB

#A8A5EB is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.412; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.100 H 285.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A5EB
RGB	rgb(168, 165, 235)
HSL	hsl(243, 64%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(243, 30%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.5%, 29.8%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.34, 16.38, -34.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.34, 38.38, 295.26°)
OKLab	oklab(75.05% 0.027 -0.0962)
OKLCH	oklch(75.05% 0.1 285.7)
XYZ	xyz(44.5951, 41.2322, 84.1902)
Luminance	0.4123 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A5EB #E8EBA5

analogous

#A5C5EB #A8A5EB #CBA5EB

triadic

#A8A5EB #EBA8A5 #A5EBA8

tetradic

#A8A5EB #EBA5C5 #E8EBA5 #A5EBCB

square

#A8A5EB #EBA5C5 #E8EBA5 #A5EBCB

split-complementary

#A8A5EB #EBCBA5 #C5EBA5

monochromatic

#4741D5 #7873E0 #A8A5EB #D8D7F6 #E7E6F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#A8A5EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.25

#A8A5EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A5EB

9.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A5EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A5EB	1.00	2.27	9.25	9.25
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92AEEE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90AAE9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#98B1BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a5eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 165, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.100 285.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3bff1',
    500: '#a8a5eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a5eb;
$custom-light: #c3bff1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a5eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 242.571,
    "s": 63.636,
    "l": 78.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75051,
    "c": 0.09997,
    "h": 285.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.41233
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A5EB

secondary

#F0F1DA

accent

#CB1AC4

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F8F7FD

border

#D1D0D5

text

#131217

muted

#828185

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A5EB

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

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