#A8A9DB#A8A9DB

#A8A9DB is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.418; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.072 H 283.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A9DB
RGB	rgb(168, 169, 219)
HSL	hsl(239, 41%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(239, 23%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.3%, 22.8%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.74, 10.30, -25.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.74, 27.35, 292.13°)
OKLab	oklab(75.16% 0.0169 -0.0696)
OKLCH	oklch(75.16% 0.072 283.6)
XYZ	xyz(43.1194, 41.8144, 72.8033)
Luminance	0.4182 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A9DB #DBDAA8

analogous

#A8C2DB #A8A9DB #C0A8DB

triadic

#A8A9DB #DBA8A9 #A9DBA8

tetradic

#A8A9DB #DBA8C2 #DBDAA8 #A8DBC0

square

#A8A9DB #DBA8C2 #DBDAA8 #A8DBC0

split-complementary

#A8A9DB #DBC0A8 #C2DBA8

monochromatic

#5153B7 #7D7EC9 #A8A9DB #D3D4ED #E9EAF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#A8A9DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.36

#A8A9DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A9DB

9.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A9DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A9DB	1.00	2.24	9.36	9.36
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CAFDD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AACDA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9CB2BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a9db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 169, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.072 283.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2c2e6',
    500: '#a8a9db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a9db;
$custom-light: #c2c2e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a9db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 238.824,
    "s": 41.463,
    "l": 75.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75161,
    "c": 0.0716,
    "h": 283.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.41815
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A9DB

secondary

#EDEDDE

accent

#B231B5

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F8F7FC

border

#D1D0D5

text

#121216

muted

#818184

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A9DB

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

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