#A8A8DF#A8A8DF

#A8A8DF is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.417; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.079 H 284.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A8DF
RGB	rgb(168, 168, 223)
HSL	hsl(240, 46%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(240, 25%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.7%, 24.7%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.63, 11.80, -27.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.63, 30.10, 293.08°)
OKLab	oklab(75.13% 0.0195 -0.0762)
OKLCH	oklch(75.13% 0.079 284.3)
XYZ	xyz(43.4670, 41.6569, 75.5482)
Luminance	0.4166 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A8DF #DFDFA8

analogous

#A8C4DF #A8A8DF #C4A8DF

triadic

#A8A8DF #DFA8A8 #A8DFA8

tetradic

#A8A8DF #DFA8C4 #DFDFA8 #A8DFC4

square

#A8A8DF #DFA8C4 #DFDFA8 #A8DFC4

split-complementary

#A8A8DF #DFC4A8 #C4DFA8

monochromatic

#4F4FBE #7B7BCF #A8A8DF #D5D5EF #E9E9F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#A8A8DF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.33

#A8A8DF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A8DF

9.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A8DF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A8DF	1.00	2.25	9.33	9.33
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99AEE1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98ABDE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9BB2BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a8df;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 168, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.079 284.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2c1e9',
    500: '#a8a8df',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a8df;
$custom-light: #c2c1e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a8df",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 46.218,
    "l": 76.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75125,
    "c": 0.0787,
    "h": 284.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.41658
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A8DF

secondary

#EEEEDD

accent

#B92CB9

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F8F7FC

border

#D1D0D5

text

#121216

muted

#818184

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A8DF

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

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