#A8A8F6#A8A8F6

#A8A8F6 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.430; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.111 H 283.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A8F6
RGB	rgb(168, 168, 246)
HSL	hsl(240, 81%, 81%)
HSV	hsv(240, 32%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.7%, 31.7%, 0%, 3.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.54, 17.43, -38.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.54, 42.56, 294.18°)
OKLab	oklab(76.13% 0.0258 -0.1081)
OKLCH	oklch(76.13% 0.111 283.4)
XYZ	xyz(46.7811, 42.9826, 93.0026)
Luminance	0.4298 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A8F6 #F6F6A8

analogous

#A8CFF6 #A8A8F6 #CFA8F6

triadic

#A8A8F6 #F6A8A8 #A8F6A8

tetradic

#A8A8F6 #F6A8CF #F6F6A8 #A8F6CF

square

#A8A8F6 #F6A8CF #F6F6A8 #A8F6CF

split-complementary

#A8A8F6 #F6CFA8 #CFF6A8

monochromatic

#3939EB #7171F0 #A8A8F6 #DFDFFC #E3E3FC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#A8A8F6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.60

#A8A8F6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A8F6

9.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A8F6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A8F6	1.00	2.19	9.60	9.60
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91B2F9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8EADF4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#94B6C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a8f6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 168, 246);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.111 283.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4c1f9',
    500: '#a8a8f6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a8f6;
$custom-light: #c4c1f9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a8f6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 246
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 81.25,
    "l": 81.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76128,
    "c": 0.11112,
    "h": 283.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.42984
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A8F6

secondary

#F4F4D7

accent

#DE08DE

background

#FCFBFF

surface

#F8F7FF

border

#D1D0D7

text

#131217

muted

#828185

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A8F6

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

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