#A8A8E9#A8A8E9

#A8A8E9 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.422; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.093 H 284.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A8E9
RGB	rgb(168, 168, 233)
HSL	hsl(240, 60%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(240, 28%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.9%, 27.9%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.02, 14.21, -32.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.02, 35.53, 293.57°)
OKLab	oklab(75.55% 0.0224 -0.0901)
OKLCH	oklch(75.55% 0.093 284)
XYZ	xyz(44.8552, 42.2122, 82.8595)
Luminance	0.4221 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A8E9 #E9E9A8

analogous

#A8C8E9 #A8A8E9 #C8A8E9

triadic

#A8A8E9 #E9A8A8 #A8E9A8

tetradic

#A8A8E9 #E9A8C8 #E9E9A8 #A8E9C8

square

#A8A8E9 #E9A8C8 #E9E9A8 #A8E9C8

split-complementary

#A8A8E9 #E9C8A8 #C8E9A8

monochromatic

#4646D0 #7777DD #A8A8E9 #D9D9F5 #E7E7F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#A8A8E9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.44

#A8A8E9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A8E9

9.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A8E9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A8E9	1.00	2.22	9.44	9.44
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96B0EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94ACE7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#98B4BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a8e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 168, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.093 284.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3c1f0',
    500: '#a8a8e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a8e9;
$custom-light: #c3c1f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a8e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 59.633,
    "l": 78.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75549,
    "c": 0.09287,
    "h": 284
  },
  "luminance": 0.42213
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A8E9

secondary

#F0F0DB

accent

#C71EC7

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F8F7FD

border

#D1D0D5

text

#131216

muted

#828184

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A8E9

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

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