#A8A5ED#A8A5ED

#A8A5ED is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.413; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.103 H 285.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A5ED
RGB	rgb(168, 165, 237)
HSL	hsl(243, 67%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(243, 30%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.1%, 30.4%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.42, 16.87, -35.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.42, 39.46, 295.31°)
OKLab	oklab(75.14% 0.0276 -0.099)
OKLCH	oklch(75.14% 0.103 285.5)
XYZ	xyz(44.8857, 41.3485, 85.7205)
Luminance	0.4135 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A5ED #EAEDA5

analogous

#A5C6ED #A8A5ED #CCA5ED

triadic

#A8A5ED #EDA8A5 #A5EDA8

tetradic

#A8A5ED #EDA5C6 #EAEDA5 #A5EDCC

square

#A8A5ED #EDA5C6 #EAEDA5 #A5EDCC

split-complementary

#A8A5ED #EDCCA5 #C6EDA5

monochromatic

#453FD9 #7772E3 #A8A5ED #D9D8F7 #E6E5FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#A8A5ED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.27

#A8A5ED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A5ED

9.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A5ED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A5ED	1.00	2.27	9.27	9.27
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91AEF0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8FAAEB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#97B2BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a5ed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 165, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.103 285.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3bff3',
    500: '#a8a5ed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a5ed;
$custom-light: #c3bff3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a5ed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 242.5,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 78.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7514,
    "c": 0.10278,
    "h": 285.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.4135
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A5ED

secondary

#F0F1DA

accent

#CF17C7

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F8F7FD

border

#D1D0D5

text

#131217

muted

#828185

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A5ED

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

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