#A8A9F3#A8A9F3

#A8A9F3 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.432; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.106 H 283.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A9F3
RGB	rgb(168, 169, 243)
HSL	hsl(239, 76%, 81%)
HSV	hsv(239, 31%, 95%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.9%, 30.5%, 0%, 4.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.67, 16.12, -37.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.67, 40.36, 293.54°)
OKLab	oklab(76.19% 0.0237 -0.1028)
OKLCH	oklch(76.19% 0.106 283)
XYZ	xyz(46.5097, 43.1705, 90.6589)
Luminance	0.4317 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A9F3 #F3F2A8

analogous

#A8CEF3 #A8A9F3 #CCA8F3

triadic

#A8A9F3 #F3A8A9 #A9F3A8

tetradic

#A8A9F3 #F3A8CE #F3F2A8 #A8F3CC

square

#A8A9F3 #F3A8CE #F3F2A8 #A8F3CC

split-complementary

#A8A9F3 #F3CCA8 #CEF3A8

monochromatic

#3C3FE4 #7274EC #A8A9F3 #DEDEFA #E4E4FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#A8A9F3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.63

#A8A9F3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A9F3

9.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A9F3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A9F3	1.00	2.18	9.63	9.63
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93B2F6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90ADF1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#95B7C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a9f3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 169, 243);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.106 283.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3c2f7',
    500: '#a8a9f3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a9f3;
$custom-light: #c3c2f7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a9f3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 243
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 239.2,
    "s": 75.758,
    "l": 80.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76185,
    "c": 0.10553,
    "h": 283
  },
  "luminance": 0.43172
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A9F3

secondary

#F3F3D8

accent

#D50ED8

background

#FCFBFF

surface

#F8F7FE

border

#D1D0D6

text

#131217

muted

#828185

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A9F3

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

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