#A8A8DA#A8A8DA

#A8A8DA is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.414; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.072 H 284.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A8DA
RGB	rgb(168, 168, 218)
HSL	hsl(240, 40%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(240, 23%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.9%, 22.9%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.45, 10.62, -25.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.45, 27.38, 292.83°)
OKLab	oklab(74.92% 0.018 -0.0693)
OKLCH	oklch(74.92% 0.072 284.5)
XYZ	xyz(42.8029, 41.3913, 72.0503)
Luminance	0.4139 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A8DA #DADAA8

analogous

#A8C1DA #A8A8DA #C1A8DA

triadic

#A8A8DA #DAA8A8 #A8DAA8

tetradic

#A8A8DA #DAA8C1 #DADAA8 #A8DAC1

square

#A8A8DA #DAA8C1 #DADAA8 #A8DAC1

split-complementary

#A8A8DA #DAC1A8 #C1DAA8

monochromatic

#5252B5 #7D7DC8 #A8A8DA #D3D3EC #EAEAF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#A8A8DA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.28

#A8A8DA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A8DA

9.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A8DA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A8DA	1.00	2.26	9.28	9.28
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BAEDC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AABD9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9DB1B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a8da;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 168, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.072 284.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2c1e5',
    500: '#a8a8da',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a8da;
$custom-light: #c2c1e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a8da",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 40.323,
    "l": 75.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74921,
    "c": 0.07158,
    "h": 284.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.41392
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A8DA

secondary

#EDEDDE

accent

#B332B3

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F8F7FC

border

#D1D0D5

text

#121215

muted

#818184

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A8DA

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

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