#A8A8E4#A8A8E4

#A8A8E4 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.419; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.086 H 284.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A8E4
RGB	rgb(168, 168, 228)
HSL	hsl(240, 53%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(240, 26%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.3%, 26.3%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.82, 12.99, -30.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.82, 32.82, 293.33°)
OKLab	oklab(75.33% 0.021 -0.0832)
OKLCH	oklch(75.33% 0.086 284.2)
XYZ	xyz(44.1511, 41.9306, 79.1510)
Luminance	0.4193 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A8E4 #E4E4A8

analogous

#A8C6E4 #A8A8E4 #C6A8E4

triadic

#A8A8E4 #E4A8A8 #A8E4A8

tetradic

#A8A8E4 #E4A8C6 #E4E4A8 #A8E4C6

square

#A8A8E4 #E4A8C6 #E4E4A8 #A8E4C6

split-complementary

#A8A8E4 #E4C6A8 #C6E4A8

monochromatic

#4B4BC7 #7979D6 #A8A8E4 #D7D7F2 #E8E8F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#A8A8E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.39

#A8A8E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A8E4

9.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A8E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A8E4	1.00	2.24	9.39	9.39
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98AFE7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96ABE2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9AB3BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a8e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 168, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.086 284.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3c1ec',
    500: '#a8a8e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a8e4;
$custom-light: #c3c1ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a8e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 52.632,
    "l": 77.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75334,
    "c": 0.08579,
    "h": 284.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.41932
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A8E4

secondary

#EFEFDC

accent

#C025C0

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F8F7FD

border

#D1D0D5

text

#121216

muted

#818184

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A8E4

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

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