#A8A8FA#A8A8FA

#A8A8FA is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.432; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.117 H 283.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A8FA
RGB	rgb(168, 168, 250)
HSL	hsl(240, 89%, 82%)
HSV	hsv(240, 33%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.8%, 32.8%, 0%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.71, 18.44, -40.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.71, 44.71, 294.36°)
OKLab	oklab(76.31% 0.0268 -0.1136)
OKLCH	oklch(76.31% 0.117 283.3)
XYZ	xyz(47.4017, 43.2308, 96.2708)
Luminance	0.4323 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A8FA #FAFAA8

analogous

#A8D1FA #A8A8FA #D1A8FA

triadic

#A8A8FA #FAA8A8 #A8FAA8

tetradic

#A8A8FA #FAA8D1 #FAFAA8 #A8FAD1

square

#A8A8FA #FAA8D1 #FAFAA8 #A8FAD1

split-complementary

#A8A8FA #FAD1A8 #D1FAA8

monochromatic

#3434F3 #6E6EF7 #A8A8FA #E2E2FD #E2E2FD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#A8A8FA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.65

#A8A8FA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A8FA

9.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A8FA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A8FA	1.00	2.18	9.65	9.65
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8FB2FD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8CADF8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#93B7C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a8fa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 168, 250);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.117 283.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4c1fc',
    500: '#a8a8fa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a8fa;
$custom-light: #c4c1fc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a8fa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 250
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 89.13,
    "l": 81.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76313,
    "c": 0.11669,
    "h": 283.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.43232
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A8FA

secondary

#F5F5D6

accent

#E600E5

background

#FCFBFF

surface

#F8F7FF

border

#D1D0D7

text

#131217

muted

#828185

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A8FA

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

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