#868CA6#868CA6

#868CA6 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.266; OKLCH L 64.4% C 0.039 H 275.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#868CA6
RGB	rgb(134, 140, 166)
HSL	hsl(229, 15%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(229, 19%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.3%, 15.7%, 0%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.58, 3.48, -14.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.58, 14.86, 283.56°)
OKLab	oklab(64.42% 0.0035 -0.0393)
OKLCH	oklch(64.42% 0.039 275)
XYZ	xyz(26.0909, 26.5772, 39.8243)
Luminance	0.2658 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#868CA6 #A6A086

analogous

#869CA6 #868CA6 #9086A6

triadic

#868CA6 #A6868C #8CA686

tetradic

#868CA6 #A6869C #A6A086 #86A690

square

#868CA6 #A6869C #A6A086 #86A690

split-complementary

#868CA6 #A69086 #9CA686

monochromatic

#4B5066 #656C8A #868CA6 #A9AEC0 #CDCFDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.33

#868CA6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.32

#868CA6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #868CA6

6.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##868CA6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##868CA6	1.00	3.33	6.32	6.32
#FFFFFF	3.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#858EA7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#838CA5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7F9194

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #868ca6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(134, 140, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.4% 0.039 275.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a9adc0',
    500: '#868ca6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #868ca6;
$custom-light: #a9adc0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#868ca6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 134,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 228.75,
    "s": 15.238,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64417,
    "c": 0.03945,
    "h": 275
  },
  "luminance": 0.26578
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#868CA6

secondary

#CAC8BE

accent

#AA70B8

background

#FAFAFB

surface

#F4F4F7

border

#CECED0

text

#101012

muted

#7F7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #868CA6

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

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