#A8A9FA#A8A9FA

#A8A9FA is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.436; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.115 H 282.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A9FA
RGB	rgb(168, 169, 250)
HSL	hsl(239, 89%, 82%)
HSV	hsv(239, 33%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.8%, 32.4%, 0%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.96, 17.88, -40.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.96, 44.13, 293.91°)
OKLab	oklab(76.51% 0.0255 -0.1124)
OKLCH	oklch(76.51% 0.115 282.8)
XYZ	xyz(47.5870, 43.6015, 96.3326)
Luminance	0.4360 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A9FA #FAF9A8

analogous

#A8D2FA #A8A9FA #D0A8FA

triadic

#A8A9FA #FAA8A9 #A9FAA8

tetradic

#A8A9FA #FAA8D2 #FAF9A8 #A8FAD0

square

#A8A9FA #FAA8D2 #FAF9A8 #A8FAD0

split-complementary

#A8A9FA #FAD0A8 #D2FAA8

monochromatic

#3437F3 #6E70F7 #A8A9FA #E2E2FD #E2E2FD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#A8A9FA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.72

#A8A9FA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A9FA

9.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A9FA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A9FA	1.00	2.16	9.72	9.72
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91B3FD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8DAEF8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#93B8C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a9fa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 169, 250);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.115 282.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4c2fc',
    500: '#a8a9fa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a9fa;
$custom-light: #c4c2fc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a9fa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 250
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 239.268,
    "s": 89.13,
    "l": 81.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76505,
    "c": 0.11531,
    "h": 282.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.43603
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A9FA

secondary

#F5F5D6

accent

#E300E6

background

#FCFBFF

surface

#F8F7FF

border

#D1D0D7

text

#131217

muted

#828185

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A9FA

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

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