#A8A8FF#A8A8FF

#A8A8FF is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.435; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.124 H 283.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A8FF
RGB	rgb(168, 168, 255)
HSL	hsl(240, 100%, 83%)
HSV	hsv(240, 34%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.1%, 34.1%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.93, 19.72, -43.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.93, 47.40, 294.59°)
OKLab	oklab(76.55% 0.028 -0.1204)
OKLCH	oklch(76.55% 0.124 283.1)
XYZ	xyz(48.1961, 43.5486, 100.4547)
Luminance	0.4355 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A8FF #FFFFA8

analogous

#A8D3FF #A8A8FF #D3A8FF

triadic

#A8A8FF #FFA8A8 #A8FFA8

tetradic

#A8A8FF #FFA8D3 #FFFFA8 #A8FFD3

square

#A8A8FF #FFA8D3 #FFFFA8 #A8FFD3

split-complementary

#A8A8FF #FFD3A8 #D3FFA8

monochromatic

#2E2EFF #6B6BFF #A8A8FF #E0E0FF #E0E0FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#A8A8FF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.71

#A8A8FF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A8FF

9.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A8FF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A8FF	1.00	2.16	9.71	9.71
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8DB3FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8AADFD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#91B8C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a8ff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 168, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.124 283.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4c1ff',
    500: '#a8a8ff',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a8ff;
$custom-light: #c4c1ff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a8ff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 82.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76548,
    "c": 0.12363,
    "h": 283.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.4355
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A8FF

secondary

#F7F7D4

accent

#E600E5

background

#FCFBFF

surface

#F8F7FF

border

#D1D0D7

text

#131218

muted

#828186

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A8FF

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

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