#A8A7CD#A8A7CD

#A8A7CD is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.054 H 286.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A7CD
RGB	rgb(168, 167, 205)
HSL	hsl(242, 28%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(242, 19%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(18%, 18.5%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.73, 8.21, -19.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.73, 20.86, 293.17°)
OKLab	oklab(74.21% 0.0152 -0.0523)
OKLCH	oklch(74.21% 0.054 286.2)
XYZ	xyz(40.9841, 40.3695, 63.3786)
Luminance	0.4037 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A7CD #CCCDA7

analogous

#A7B9CD #A8A7CD #BBA7CD

triadic

#A8A7CD #CDA8A7 #A7CDA8

tetradic

#A8A7CD #CDA7B9 #CCCDA7 #A7CDBB

square

#A8A7CD #CDA7B9 #CCCDA7 #A7CDBB

split-complementary

#A8A7CD #CDBBA7 #B9CDA7

monochromatic

#5C5A9F #8180B7 #A8A7CD #CFCEE3 #ECEBF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#A8A7CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.07

#A8A7CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A7CD

9.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A7CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A7CD	1.00	2.31	9.07	9.07
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EABCF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DA9CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A0ADB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a7cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 167, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.054 286.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2c1dc',
    500: '#a8a7cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a7cd;
$custom-light: #c2c1dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a7cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 241.579,
    "s": 27.536,
    "l": 72.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74212,
    "c": 0.05443,
    "h": 286.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.4037
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A7CD

secondary

#EAEAE1

accent

#A63FA3

background

#FBFBFD

surface

#F7F7FB

border

#D0D0D4

text

#121215

muted

#818183

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A7CD

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

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