#A8A5D9 Color

#A8A5D9 is rgb(168, 165, 217) in RGB and hsl(243, 41%, 75%) in HSL. The closest CSS named color is LightSteelBlue. Black text is most readable on this background.

#A8A5D9

HEX#A8A5D9

RGBrgb(168, 165, 217)

HSLhsl(243, 41%, 75%)

HSVhsv(243, 24%, 85%)

OKLCHoklch(74.3% 0.075 287.1)

CMYKcmyk(23%, 24%, 0%, 15%)

Text Contrast & Accessibility

WCAG contrast ratios for text on a #A8A5D9 background. AA requires 4.5:1 for normal text and 3:1 for large text; AAA requires 7:1.

TextWhite text2.32:1AA normal ✗AA large ✗AAA normal ✗

TextBlack text9.05:1AA normal ✓AA large ✓AAA normal ✓

Color Harmonies

Colors that pair well with #A8A5D9 based on color wheel relationships. Click any swatch for its full breakdown.

Base#A8A5D9 Complementary#D7D9A5 Analogous#A5BDD9 Analogous#C2A5D9 Triadic#D9A8A5 Triadic#A5D9A8

Tints & Shades

Lighter tints and darker shades of #A8A5D9, useful for hover states, backgrounds, and text variants.

Tints

#B2B0DE #C0BEE4 #CBC9E8 #D5D4ED #E0DFF1 #EEEDF7

Shades

#8581CA #625DBB #4844A2 #37337A #272456 #171532

Use #A8A5D9 in Our Tools

Hex to RGB Hex to HSL Hex to CMYK Hex to Pantone RGBA to Hex