#A8A5EE#A8A5EE

#A8A5EE is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.414; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.104 H 285.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A5EE
RGB	rgb(168, 165, 238)
HSL	hsl(242, 68%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(242, 31%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.4%, 30.7%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.46, 17.12, -36.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.46, 40.00, 295.33°)
OKLab	oklab(75.19% 0.0278 -0.1004)
OKLCH	oklch(75.19% 0.104 285.5)
XYZ	xyz(45.0322, 41.4071, 86.4921)
Luminance	0.4141 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A5EE #EBEEA5

analogous

#A5C7EE #A8A5EE #CDA5EE

triadic

#A8A5EE #EEA8A5 #A5EEA8

tetradic

#A8A5EE #EEA5C7 #EBEEA5 #A5EECD

square

#A8A5EE #EEA5C7 #EBEEA5 #A5EECD

split-complementary

#A8A5EE #EECDA5 #C7EEA5

monochromatic

#443EDB #7672E4 #A8A5EE #DAD8F8 #E6E5FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#A8A5EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.28

#A8A5EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A5EE

9.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A5EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A5EE	1.00	2.26	9.28	9.28
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90AEF1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8FAAEC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#97B2BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a5ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 165, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.104 285.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3bff3',
    500: '#a8a5ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a5ee;
$custom-light: #c3bff3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a5ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 242.466,
    "s": 68.224,
    "l": 79.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75185,
    "c": 0.10418,
    "h": 285.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.41408
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A5EE

secondary

#F1F2D9

accent

#D015C8

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F8F7FD

border

#D1D0D5

text

#131217

muted

#828185

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A5EE

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

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