#A8A8EA#A8A8EA

#A8A8EA is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.423; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.094 H 283.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A8EA
RGB	rgb(168, 168, 234)
HSL	hsl(240, 61%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(240, 28%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.2%, 28.2%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.06, 14.45, -33.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.06, 36.07, 293.62°)
OKLab	oklab(75.59% 0.0227 -0.0915)
OKLCH	oklch(75.59% 0.094 283.9)
XYZ	xyz(44.9985, 42.2695, 83.6140)
Luminance	0.4227 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A8EA #EAEAA8

analogous

#A8C9EA #A8A8EA #C9A8EA

triadic

#A8A8EA #EAA8A8 #A8EAA8

tetradic

#A8A8EA #EAA8C9 #EAEAA8 #A8EAC9

square

#A8A8EA #EAA8C9 #EAEAA8 #A8EAC9

split-complementary

#A8A8EA #EAC9A8 #C9EAA8

monochromatic

#4545D2 #7777DE #A8A8EA #D9D9F6 #E6E6F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#A8A8EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.45

#A8A8EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A8EA

9.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A8EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A8EA	1.00	2.22	9.45	9.45
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96B0ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93ACE8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#98B4BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a8ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 168, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.094 283.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3c1f1',
    500: '#a8a8ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a8ea;
$custom-light: #c3c1f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a8ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 61.111,
    "l": 78.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75592,
    "c": 0.09428,
    "h": 283.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.42271
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A8EA

secondary

#F0F0DB

accent

#C91DC9

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F8F7FD

border

#D1D0D5

text

#131216

muted

#828184

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A8EA

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

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