#A8A8CA#A8A8CA

#A8A8CA is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.049 H 285.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A8CA
RGB	rgb(168, 168, 202)
HSL	hsl(240, 24%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(240, 17%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.8%, 16.8%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.89, 6.99, -17.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.89, 18.64, 292.01°)
OKLab	oklab(74.3% 0.0127 -0.047)
OKLCH	oklch(74.3% 0.049 285.2)
XYZ	xyz(40.8093, 40.5939, 61.5510)
Luminance	0.4059 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A8CA #CACAA8

analogous

#A8B9CA #A8A8CA #B9A8CA

triadic

#A8A8CA #CAA8A8 #A8CAA8

tetradic

#A8A8CA #CAA8B9 #CACAA8 #A8CAB9

square

#A8A8CA #CAA8B9 #CACAA8 #A8CAB9

split-complementary

#A8A8CA #CAB9A8 #B9CAA8

monochromatic

#5E5E9A #8282B3 #A8A8CA #CECEE1 #ECECF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#A8A8CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.12

#A8A8CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A8CA

9.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A8CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A8CA	1.00	2.30	9.12	9.12
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0ACCC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FAAC9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A1AEB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a8ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 168, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.049 285.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2c1da',
    500: '#a8a8ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a8ca;
$custom-light: #c2c1da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a8ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 24.286,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74302,
    "c": 0.04869,
    "h": 285.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40594
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A8CA

secondary

#EAEAE1

accent

#A343A3

background

#FBFBFD

surface

#F7F7FA

border

#D0D0D3

text

#121214

muted

#818183

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A8CA

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

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