#A8A5EF#A8A5EF

#A8A5EF is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.415; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.106 H 285.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A5EF
RGB	rgb(168, 165, 239)
HSL	hsl(242, 70%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(242, 31%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.7%, 31%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.50, 17.37, -36.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.50, 40.55, 295.36°)
OKLab	oklab(75.23% 0.0281 -0.1018)
OKLCH	oklch(75.23% 0.106 285.4)
XYZ	xyz(45.1795, 41.4660, 87.2680)
Luminance	0.4147 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A5EF #ECEFA5

analogous

#A5C7EF #A8A5EF #CDA5EF

triadic

#A8A5EF #EFA8A5 #A5EFA8

tetradic

#A8A5EF #EFA5C7 #ECEFA5 #A5EFCD

square

#A8A5EF #EFA5C7 #ECEFA5 #A5EFCD

split-complementary

#A8A5EF #EFCDA5 #C7EFA5

monochromatic

#443DDD #7671E6 #A8A5EF #DAD9F8 #E6E5FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#A8A5EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.29

#A8A5EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A5EF

9.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A5EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A5EF	1.00	2.26	9.29	9.29
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90AFF2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8EAAED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#97B2C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a5ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 165, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.106 285.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3bff4',
    500: '#a8a5ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a5ef;
$custom-light: #c3bff4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a5ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 242.432,
    "s": 69.811,
    "l": 79.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7523,
    "c": 0.10558,
    "h": 285.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.41467
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A5EF

secondary

#F1F2D9

accent

#D214CA

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F8F7FD

border

#D1D0D5

text

#131217

muted

#828185

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A5EF

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

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