#A8A5F9#A8A5F9

#A8A5F9 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.421; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.120 H 284.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A5F9
RGB	rgb(168, 165, 249)
HSL	hsl(242, 88%, 81%)
HSV	hsv(242, 34%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.5%, 33.7%, 0%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.92, 19.88, -41.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.92, 45.95, 295.63°)
OKLab	oklab(75.69% 0.0305 -0.1156)
OKLCH	oklch(75.69% 0.12 284.8)
XYZ	xyz(46.6979, 42.0733, 95.2647)
Luminance	0.4208 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A5F9 #F6F9A5

analogous

#A5CCF9 #A8A5F9 #D2A5F9

triadic

#A8A5F9 #F9A8A5 #A5F9A8

tetradic

#A8A5F9 #F9A5CC #F6F9A5 #A5F9D2

square

#A8A5F9 #F9A5CC #F6F9A5 #A5F9D2

split-complementary

#A8A5F9 #F9D2A5 #CCF9A5

monochromatic

#3932F1 #716CF5 #A8A5F9 #DFDEFD #E3E2FD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#A8A5F9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.41

#A8A5F9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A5F9

9.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A5F9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A5F9	1.00	2.23	9.41	9.41
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8CB0FC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#89ABF7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#93B5C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a5f9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 165, 249);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.120 284.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4bffb',
    500: '#a8a5f9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a5f9;
$custom-light: #c4bffb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a5f9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 249
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 242.143,
    "s": 87.5,
    "l": 81.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75691,
    "c": 0.11952,
    "h": 284.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.42075
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A5F9

secondary

#F4F5D6

accent

#E401DC

background

#FCFBFF

surface

#F8F7FF

border

#D1D0D7

text

#131217

muted

#828185

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A5F9

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

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