#A8A9E5#A8A9E5

#A8A9E5 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.424; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.086 H 283.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A9E5
RGB	rgb(168, 169, 229)
HSL	hsl(239, 54%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(239, 27%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.6%, 26.2%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.12, 12.68, -30.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.12, 32.78, 292.75°)
OKLab	oklab(75.57% 0.0199 -0.0835)
OKLCH	oklch(75.57% 0.086 283.4)
XYZ	xyz(44.4756, 42.3569, 79.9460)
Luminance	0.4236 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A9E5 #E5E4A8

analogous

#A8C8E5 #A8A9E5 #C5A8E5

triadic

#A8A9E5 #E5A8A9 #A9E5A8

tetradic

#A8A9E5 #E5A8C8 #E5E4A8 #A8E5C5

square

#A8A9E5 #E5A8C8 #E5E4A8 #A8E5C5

split-complementary

#A8A9E5 #E5C5A8 #C8E5A8

monochromatic

#4A4CC9 #797AD7 #A8A9E5 #D7D8F3 #E7E8F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#A8A9E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.47

#A8A9E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A9E5

9.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A9E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A9E5	1.00	2.22	9.47	9.47
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99B0E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96ACE3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9AB4BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a9e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 169, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.086 283.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3c2ed',
    500: '#a8a9e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a9e5;
$custom-light: #c3c2ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a9e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 239.016,
    "s": 53.982,
    "l": 77.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75574,
    "c": 0.08581,
    "h": 283.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.42358
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A9E5

secondary

#EFEFDC

accent

#BF24C1

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F8F7FD

border

#D1D0D5

text

#121216

muted

#818184

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A9E5

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

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