#A8A7CA#A8A7CA

#A8A7CA is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.050 H 286.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A7CA
RGB	rgb(168, 167, 202)
HSL	hsl(242, 25%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(242, 17%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.8%, 17.3%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.63, 7.54, -17.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.63, 19.22, 293.10°)
OKLab	oklab(74.1% 0.0142 -0.0481)
OKLCH	oklch(74.1% 0.05 286.4)
XYZ	xyz(40.6254, 40.2261, 61.4897)
Luminance	0.4023 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A7CA #C9CAA7

analogous

#A7B8CA #A8A7CA #B9A7CA

triadic

#A8A7CA #CAA8A7 #A7CAA8

tetradic

#A8A7CA #CAA7B8 #C9CAA7 #A7CAB9

square

#A8A7CA #CAA7B8 #C9CAA7 #A7CAB9

split-complementary

#A8A7CA #CAB9A7 #B8CAA7

monochromatic

#5E5D9A #8281B3 #A8A7CA #CECDE1 #ECECF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#A8A7CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.05

#A8A7CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A7CA

9.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A7CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A7CA	1.00	2.32	9.05	9.05
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FABCC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EA9C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A1ADB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a7ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 167, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.050 286.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2c1da',
    500: '#a8a7ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a7ca;
$custom-light: #c2c1da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a7ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 241.714,
    "s": 24.823,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74099,
    "c": 0.05013,
    "h": 286.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.40227
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A7CA

secondary

#EAEAE1

accent

#A342A1

background

#FBFBFD

surface

#F7F7FA

border

#D0D0D3

text

#121214

muted

#818183

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A7CA

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

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