#A8A8F5#A8A8F5

#A8A8F5 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.429; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.110 H 283.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A8F5
RGB	rgb(168, 168, 245)
HSL	hsl(240, 79%, 81%)
HSV	hsv(240, 31%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.4%, 31.4%, 0%, 3.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.50, 17.18, -38.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.50, 42.02, 294.13°)
OKLab	oklab(76.08% 0.0256 -0.1067)
OKLCH	oklch(76.08% 0.11 283.5)
XYZ	xyz(46.6281, 42.9214, 92.1964)
Luminance	0.4292 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A8F5 #F5F5A8

analogous

#A8CEF5 #A8A8F5 #CEA8F5

triadic

#A8A8F5 #F5A8A8 #A8F5A8

tetradic

#A8A8F5 #F5A8CE #F5F5A8 #A8F5CE

square

#A8A8F5 #F5A8CE #F5F5A8 #A8F5CE

split-complementary

#A8A8F5 #F5CEA8 #CEF5A8

monochromatic

#3A3AE8 #7171EF #A8A8F5 #DFDFFB #E4E4FC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#A8A8F5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.58

#A8A8F5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A8F5

9.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A8F5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A8F5	1.00	2.19	9.58	9.58
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91B2F8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8FADF3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#94B6C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a8f5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 168, 245);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.110 283.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4c1f8',
    500: '#a8a8f5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a8f5;
$custom-light: #c4c1f8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a8f5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 245
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 79.381,
    "l": 80.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76082,
    "c": 0.10972,
    "h": 283.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.42923
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A8F5

secondary

#F4F4D7

accent

#DC0ADC

background

#FCFBFF

surface

#F8F7FF

border

#D1D0D7

text

#131217

muted

#828185

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A8F5

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

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