#A8A7CC#A8A7CC

#A8A7CC is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.053 H 286.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A7CC
RGB	rgb(168, 167, 204)
HSL	hsl(242, 27%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(242, 18%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.6%, 18.1%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.70, 7.99, -18.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.70, 20.31, 293.15°)
OKLab	oklab(74.17% 0.0149 -0.0509)
OKLCH	oklch(74.17% 0.053 286.3)
XYZ	xyz(40.8638, 40.3214, 62.7450)
Luminance	0.4032 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A7CC #CBCCA7

analogous

#A7B8CC #A8A7CC #BAA7CC

triadic

#A8A7CC #CCA8A7 #A7CCA8

tetradic

#A8A7CC #CCA7B8 #CBCCA7 #A7CCBA

square

#A8A7CC #CCA7B8 #CBCCA7 #A7CCBA

split-complementary

#A8A7CC #CCBAA7 #B8CCA7

monochromatic

#5D5B9D #8280B6 #A8A7CC #CECEE2 #ECECF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#A8A7CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.06

#A8A7CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A7CC

9.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A7CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A7CC	1.00	2.32	9.06	9.06
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EABCE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DA9CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A1ADB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a7cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 167, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.053 286.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2c1db',
    500: '#a8a7cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a7cc;
$custom-light: #c2c1db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a7cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 241.622,
    "s": 26.619,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74174,
    "c": 0.053,
    "h": 286.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40322
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A7CC

secondary

#EAEAE1

accent

#A540A2

background

#FBFBFD

surface

#F7F7FB

border

#D0D0D4

text

#121215

muted

#818183

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A7CC

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

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