#A8A8EB#A8A8EB

#A8A8EB is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.423; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.096 H 283.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A8EB
RGB	rgb(168, 168, 235)
HSL	hsl(240, 63%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(240, 29%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.5%, 28.5%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.10, 14.70, -33.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.10, 36.61, 293.66°)
OKLab	oklab(75.64% 0.023 -0.0929)
OKLCH	oklch(75.64% 0.096 283.9)
XYZ	xyz(45.1426, 42.3272, 84.3727)
Luminance	0.4233 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A8EB #EBEBA8

analogous

#A8CAEB #A8A8EB #CAA8EB

triadic

#A8A8EB #EBA8A8 #A8EBA8

tetradic

#A8A8EB #EBA8CA #EBEBA8 #A8EBCA

square

#A8A8EB #EBA8CA #EBEBA8 #A8EBCA

split-complementary

#A8A8EB #EBCAA8 #CAEBA8

monochromatic

#4444D4 #7676E0 #A8A8EB #DADAF6 #E6E6F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#A8A8EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.47

#A8A8EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A8EB

9.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A8EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A8EB	1.00	2.22	9.47	9.47
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95B0EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93ACE9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#98B4C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a8eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 168, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.096 283.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3c1f1',
    500: '#a8a8eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a8eb;
$custom-light: #c3c1f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a8eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 62.617,
    "l": 79.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75636,
    "c": 0.09569,
    "h": 283.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.42328
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A8EB

secondary

#F1F1DA

accent

#CA1BCA

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F8F7FD

border

#D1D0D5

text

#131217

muted

#828185

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A8EB

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

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