#A8A5F4#A8A5F4

#A8A5F4 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.418; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.113 H 285.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A5F4
RGB	rgb(168, 165, 244)
HSL	hsl(242, 78%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(242, 32%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.1%, 32.4%, 0%, 4.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.71, 18.61, -39.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.71, 43.25, 295.49°)
OKLab	oklab(75.46% 0.0293 -0.1087)
OKLCH	oklch(75.46% 0.113 285.1)
XYZ	xyz(45.9284, 41.7655, 91.2121)
Luminance	0.4177 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A5F4 #F1F4A5

analogous

#A5CAF4 #A8A5F4 #CFA5F4

triadic

#A8A5F4 #F4A8A5 #A5F4A8

tetradic

#A8A5F4 #F4A5CA #F1F4A5 #A5F4CF

square

#A8A5F4 #F4A5CA #F1F4A5 #A5F4CF

split-complementary

#A8A5F4 #F4CFA5 #CAF4A5

monochromatic

#3F38E7 #736EED #A8A5F4 #DDDCFB #E5E4FC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#A8A5F4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.35

#A8A5F4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A5F4

9.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A5F4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A5F4	1.00	2.25	9.35	9.35
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8EAFF7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8CABF2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#95B3C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a5f4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 165, 244);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.113 285.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4bff8',
    500: '#a8a5f4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a5f4;
$custom-light: #c4bff8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a5f4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 244
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 242.278,
    "s": 78.218,
    "l": 80.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75458,
    "c": 0.11257,
    "h": 285.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.41767
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A5F4

secondary

#F2F3D8

accent

#DA0BD3

background

#FCFBFF

surface

#F8F7FF

border

#D1D0D7

text

#131217

muted

#828185

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A5F4

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

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