#A686A8#A686A8

#A686A8 is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.280; OKLCH L 66.1% C 0.062 H 324.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A686A8
RGB	rgb(166, 134, 168)
HSL	hsl(296, 16%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(296, 20%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.2%, 20.2%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.88, 18.30, -13.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.88, 22.66, 323.87°)
OKLab	oklab(66.12% 0.0501 -0.0359)
OKLCH	oklch(66.12% 0.062 324.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.3180, 27.9850, 40.7901)
Luminance	0.2798 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A686A8 #88A886

analogous

#9586A8 #A686A8 #A88699

triadic

#A686A8 #A8A686 #86A8A6

tetradic

#A686A8 #A89586 #88A886 #8699A8

square

#A686A8 #A89586 #88A886 #8699A8

split-complementary

#A686A8 #99A886 #86A895

monochromatic

#674B68 #8A658C #A686A8 #C0AAC2 #DACDDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.18

#A686A8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.60

#A686A8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A686A8

6.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A686A8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A686A8	1.00	3.18	6.60	6.60
#FFFFFF	3.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#838EA9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A92A7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A88992

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a686a8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 134, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.1% 0.062 324.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0a9c1',
    500: '#a686a8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a686a8;
$custom-light: #c0a9c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a686a8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 134,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 296.471,
    "s": 16.346,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66118,
    "c": 0.0616,
    "h": 324.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.27984
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A686A8

secondary

#BFCCBE

accent

#B96F73

background

#FBFAFB

surface

#F7F4F7

border

#D0CED0

text

#121012

muted

#817F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #A686A8

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

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