#868EA6#868EA6

#868EA6 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.272; OKLCH L 64.8% C 0.037 H 270.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#868EA6
RGB	rgb(134, 142, 166)
HSL	hsl(225, 15%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(225, 19%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.3%, 14.5%, 0%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.13, 2.34, -13.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.13, 13.82, 279.76°)
OKLab	oklab(64.85% 0.0005 -0.037)
OKLCH	oklch(64.85% 0.037 270.8)
XYZ	xyz(26.3858, 27.1670, 39.9226)
Luminance	0.2717 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#868EA6 #A69E86

analogous

#869EA6 #868EA6 #8E86A6

triadic

#868EA6 #A6868E #8EA686

tetradic

#868EA6 #A6869E #A69E86 #86A68E

square

#868EA6 #A6869E #A69E86 #86A68E

split-complementary

#868EA6 #A68E86 #9EA686

monochromatic

#4B5266 #656E8A #868EA6 #A9AFC0 #CDD0DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.26

#868EA6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.43

#868EA6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #868EA6

6.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##868EA6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##868EA6	1.00	3.26	6.43	6.43
#FFFFFF	3.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8790A7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#858DA5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7E9296

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #868ea6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(134, 142, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.8% 0.037 270.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a9afc0',
    500: '#868ea6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #868ea6;
$custom-light: #a9afc0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#868ea6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 134,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 225,
    "s": 15.238,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64846,
    "c": 0.03702,
    "h": 270.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.27168
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#868EA6

secondary

#CAC7BE

accent

#A670B8

background

#FAFAFB

surface

#F4F4F7

border

#CECED0

text

#101012

muted

#7F7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #868EA6

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

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