#A8A7E5#A8A7E5

#A8A7E5 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.416; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.089 H 284.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A7E5
RGB	rgb(168, 167, 229)
HSL	hsl(241, 54%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(241, 27%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.6%, 27.1%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.61, 13.79, -31.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.61, 33.94, 293.98°)
OKLab	oklab(75.18% 0.0226 -0.0857)
OKLCH	oklch(75.18% 0.089 284.8)
XYZ	xyz(44.1064, 41.6185, 79.8229)
Luminance	0.4162 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A7E5 #E4E5A7

analogous

#A7C5E5 #A8A7E5 #C7A7E5

triadic

#A8A7E5 #E5A8A7 #A7E5A8

tetradic

#A8A7E5 #E5A7C5 #E4E5A7 #A7E5C7

square

#A8A7E5 #E5A7C5 #E4E5A7 #A7E5C7

split-complementary

#A8A7E5 #E5C7A7 #C5E5A7

monochromatic

#4B49C9 #7978D7 #A8A7E5 #D7D6F3 #E8E7F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#A8A7E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.32

#A8A7E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A7E5

9.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A7E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A7E5	1.00	2.25	9.32	9.32
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96AFE8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94ABE3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9AB2BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a7e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 167, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.089 284.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3c1ed',
    500: '#a8a7e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a7e5;
$custom-light: #c3c1ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a7e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240.968,
    "s": 54.386,
    "l": 77.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7518,
    "c": 0.08864,
    "h": 284.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.41619
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A7E5

secondary

#EFEFDC

accent

#C224BF

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F8F7FD

border

#D1D0D5

text

#121216

muted

#818184

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A7E5

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

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