#A8A5F6#A8A5F6

#A8A5F6 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.419; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.115 H 285.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A5F6
RGB	rgb(168, 165, 246)
HSL	hsl(242, 82%, 81%)
HSV	hsv(242, 33%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.7%, 32.9%, 0%, 3.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.79, 19.12, -39.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.79, 44.33, 295.55°)
OKLab	oklab(75.55% 0.0298 -0.1114)
OKLCH	oklch(75.55% 0.115 285)
XYZ	xyz(46.2337, 41.8877, 92.8201)
Luminance	0.4189 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A5F6 #F3F6A5

analogous

#A5CAF6 #A8A5F6 #D0A5F6

triadic

#A8A5F6 #F6A8A5 #A5F6A8

tetradic

#A8A5F6 #F6A5CA #F3F6A5 #A5F6D0

square

#A8A5F6 #F6A5CA #F3F6A5 #A5F6D0

split-complementary

#A8A5F6 #F6D0A5 #CAF6A5

monochromatic

#3C36EB #726DF0 #A8A5F6 #DEDDFC #E4E3FC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#A8A5F6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.38

#A8A5F6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A5F6

9.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A5F6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A5F6	1.00	2.24	9.38	9.38
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8DB0F9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8BABF4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#94B4C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a5f6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 165, 246);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.115 285.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4bff9',
    500: '#a8a5f6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a5f6;
$custom-light: #c4bff9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a5f6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 246
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 242.222,
    "s": 81.818,
    "l": 80.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75551,
    "c": 0.11536,
    "h": 285
  },
  "luminance": 0.41889
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A5F6

secondary

#F3F4D7

accent

#DE07D6

background

#FCFBFF

surface

#F8F7FF

border

#D1D0D7

text

#131217

muted

#828185

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A5F6

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

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