#A8A8E5#A8A8E5

#A8A8E5 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.087 H 284.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A8E5
RGB	rgb(168, 168, 229)
HSL	hsl(240, 54%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(240, 27%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.6%, 26.6%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.86, 13.24, -30.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.86, 33.36, 293.37°)
OKLab	oklab(75.38% 0.0213 -0.0846)
OKLCH	oklch(75.38% 0.087 284.1)
XYZ	xyz(44.2903, 41.9863, 79.8842)
Luminance	0.4199 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A8E5 #E5E5A8

analogous

#A8C6E5 #A8A8E5 #C6A8E5

triadic

#A8A8E5 #E5A8A8 #A8E5A8

tetradic

#A8A8E5 #E5A8C6 #E5E5A8 #A8E5C6

square

#A8A8E5 #E5A8C6 #E5E5A8 #A8E5C6

split-complementary

#A8A8E5 #E5C6A8 #C6E5A8

monochromatic

#4A4AC9 #7979D7 #A8A8E5 #D7D7F3 #E7E7F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#A8A8E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.40

#A8A8E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A8E5

9.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A8E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A8E5	1.00	2.23	9.40	9.40
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97AFE8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95ACE3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9AB3BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a8e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 168, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.087 284.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3c1ed',
    500: '#a8a8e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a8e5;
$custom-light: #c3c1ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a8e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 53.982,
    "l": 77.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75377,
    "c": 0.08721,
    "h": 284.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.41987
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A8E5

secondary

#EFEFDC

accent

#C124C1

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F8F7FD

border

#D1D0D5

text

#121216

muted

#818184

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A8E5

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

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