#A8A9F0#A8A9F0

#A8A9F0 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.430; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.101 H 283.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A9F0
RGB	rgb(168, 169, 240)
HSL	hsl(239, 71%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(239, 30%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(30%, 29.6%, 0%, 5.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.55, 15.37, -35.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.55, 38.74, 293.38°)
OKLab	oklab(76.05% 0.023 -0.0987)
OKLCH	oklch(76.05% 0.101 283.1)
XYZ	xyz(46.0604, 42.9908, 88.2924)
Luminance	0.4299 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A9F0 #F0EFA8

analogous

#A8CDF0 #A8A9F0 #CBA8F0

triadic

#A8A9F0 #F0A8A9 #A9F0A8

tetradic

#A8A9F0 #F0A8CD #F0EFA8 #A8F0CB

square

#A8A9F0 #F0A8CD #F0EFA8 #A8F0CB

split-complementary

#A8A9F0 #F0CBA8 #CDF0A8

monochromatic

#4042DE #7475E7 #A8A9F0 #DCDDF9 #E5E5FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#A8A9F0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.60

#A8A9F0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A9F0

9.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A9F0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A9F0	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)

#95B2F3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92ADEE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#96B6C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a9f0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 169, 240);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.101 283.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3c2f5',
    500: '#a8a9f0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a9f0;
$custom-light: #c3c2f5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a9f0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 240
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 239.167,
    "s": 70.588,
    "l": 80
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76051,
    "c": 0.10132,
    "h": 283.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.42992
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A9F0

secondary

#F2F2D9

accent

#D013D3

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F8F7FD

border

#D1D0D5

text

#131217

muted

#828185

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A9F0

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

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