#A8AADA#A8AADA

#A8AADA is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.421; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.069 H 282.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8AADA
RGB	rgb(168, 170, 218)
HSL	hsl(238, 40%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(238, 23%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.9%, 22%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.96, 9.51, -24.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.96, 26.23, 291.26°)
OKLab	oklab(75.32% 0.0152 -0.0671)
OKLCH	oklch(75.32% 0.069 282.7)
XYZ	xyz(43.1749, 42.1354, 72.1743)
Luminance	0.4214 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8AADA #DAD8A8

analogous

#A8C3DA #A8AADA #BFA8DA

triadic

#A8AADA #DAA8AA #AADAA8

tetradic

#A8AADA #DAA8C3 #DAD8A8 #A8DABF

square

#A8AADA #DAA8C3 #DAD8A8 #A8DABF

split-complementary

#A8AADA #DABFA8 #C3DAA8

monochromatic

#5256B5 #7D80C8 #A8AADA #D3D4EC #EAEAF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#A8AADA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.43

#A8AADA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8AADA

9.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8AADA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8AADA	1.00	2.23	9.43	9.43
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DAFDC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BACD9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9DB2BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8aada;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 170, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.069 282.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2c3e5',
    500: '#a8aada',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8aada;
$custom-light: #c2c3e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8aada",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 237.6,
    "s": 40.323,
    "l": 75.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75321,
    "c": 0.06877,
    "h": 282.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.42136
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8AADA

secondary

#EDECDE

accent

#AE32B3

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F8F7FC

border

#D1D0D5

text

#121215

muted

#818184

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8AADA

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

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