#A8A9FF#A8A9FF

#A8A9FF is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.439; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.122 H 282.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A9FF
RGB	rgb(168, 169, 255)
HSL	hsl(239, 100%, 83%)
HSV	hsv(239, 34%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.1%, 33.7%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.17, 19.16, -42.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.17, 46.82, 294.16°)
OKLab	oklab(76.74% 0.0267 -0.1193)
OKLCH	oklch(76.74% 0.122 282.6)
XYZ	xyz(48.3814, 43.9192, 100.5165)
Luminance	0.4392 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A9FF #FFFEA8

analogous

#A8D5FF #A8A9FF #D2A8FF

triadic

#A8A9FF #FFA8A9 #A9FFA8

tetradic

#A8A9FF #FFA8D5 #FFFEA8 #A8FFD2

square

#A8A9FF #FFA8D5 #FFFEA8 #A8FFD2

split-complementary

#A8A9FF #FFD2A8 #D5FFA8

monochromatic

#2E30FF #6B6DFF #A8A9FF #E0E1FF #E0E1FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#A8A9FF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.78

#A8A9FF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A9FF

9.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A9FF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A9FF	1.00	2.15	9.78	9.78
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8EB4FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8BAEFD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#91B9C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a9ff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 169, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.122 282.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4c2ff',
    500: '#a8a9ff',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a9ff;
$custom-light: #c4c2ff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a9ff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 239.31,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 82.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76739,
    "c": 0.12224,
    "h": 282.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.43921
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A9FF

secondary

#F7F7D4

accent

#E300E6

background

#FCFBFF

surface

#F8F7FF

border

#D1D0D7

text

#131218

muted

#828186

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A9FF

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

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