#A8A5FF#A8A5FF

#A8A5FF is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.128 H 284.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A5FF
RGB	rgb(168, 165, 255)
HSL	hsl(242, 100%, 82%)
HSV	hsv(242, 35%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.1%, 35.3%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.18, 21.41, -44.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.18, 49.17, 295.81°)
OKLab	oklab(75.98% 0.0319 -0.1238)
OKLCH	oklch(75.98% 0.128 284.4)
XYZ	xyz(47.6486, 42.4537, 100.2722)
Luminance	0.4245 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A5FF #FCFFA5

analogous

#A5CFFF #A8A5FF #D5A5FF

triadic

#A8A5FF #FFA8A5 #A5FFA8

tetradic

#A8A5FF #FFA5CF #FCFFA5 #A5FFD5

square

#A8A5FF #FFA5CF #FCFFA5 #A5FFD5

split-complementary

#A8A5FF #FFD5A5 #CFFFA5

monochromatic

#322BFF #6D68FF #A8A5FF #E1E0FF #E1E0FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#A8A5FF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.49

#A8A5FF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A5FF

9.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A5FF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A5FF	1.00	2.21	9.49	9.49
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#89B1FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#86ACFD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#91B6C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a5ff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 165, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.128 284.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4bfff',
    500: '#a8a5ff',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a5ff;
$custom-light: #c4bfff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a5ff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 242,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 82.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75978,
    "c": 0.12782,
    "h": 284.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.42455
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A5FF

secondary

#F6F7D4

accent

#E600DE

background

#FCFBFF

surface

#F8F7FF

border

#D1D0D7

text

#131218

muted

#828186

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A5FF

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

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