#A8A8EE#A8A8EE

#A8A8EE is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.100 H 283.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A8EE
RGB	rgb(168, 168, 238)
HSL	hsl(240, 67%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(240, 29%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.4%, 29.4%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.22, 15.43, -34.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.22, 38.24, 293.81°)
OKLab	oklab(75.77% 0.0238 -0.097)
OKLCH	oklch(75.77% 0.1 283.8)
XYZ	xyz(45.5796, 42.5020, 86.6746)
Luminance	0.4250 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A8EE #EEEEA8

analogous

#A8CBEE #A8A8EE #CBA8EE

triadic

#A8A8EE #EEA8A8 #A8EEA8

tetradic

#A8A8EE #EEA8CB #EEEEA8 #A8EECB

square

#A8A8EE #EEA8CB #EEEEA8 #A8EECB

split-complementary

#A8A8EE #EECBA8 #CBEEA8

monochromatic

#4242DA #7575E4 #A8A8EE #DBDBF8 #E5E5FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#A8A8EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.50

#A8A8EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A8EE

9.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A8EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A8EE	1.00	2.21	9.50	9.50
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94B1F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92ACEC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#97B5C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a8ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 168, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.100 283.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3c1f3',
    500: '#a8a8ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a8ee;
$custom-light: #c3c1f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a8ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 67.308,
    "l": 79.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75768,
    "c": 0.09991,
    "h": 283.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.42503
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A8EE

secondary

#F2F2D9

accent

#CF16CF

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F8F7FD

border

#D1D0D5

text

#131217

muted

#828185

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A8EE

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

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