#A6A0BE#A6A0BE

#A6A0BE is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.370; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.044 H 294.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A6A0BE
RGB	rgb(166, 160, 190)
HSL	hsl(252, 19%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(252, 16%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.6%, 15.8%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.25, 8.17, -14.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.25, 16.76, 299.16°)
OKLab	oklab(72.08% 0.018 -0.0396)
OKLCH	oklch(72.08% 0.044 294.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.5890, 36.9661, 53.8601)
Luminance	0.3697 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A6A0BE #B8BEA0

analogous

#A0A9BE #A6A0BE #B5A0BE

triadic

#A6A0BE #BEA6A0 #A0BEA6

tetradic

#A6A0BE #BEA0A9 #B8BEA0 #A0BEB5

square

#A6A0BE #BEA0A9 #B8BEA0 #A0BEB5

split-complementary

#A6A0BE #BEB5A0 #A9BEA0

monochromatic

#655C87 #847CA5 #A6A0BE #C8C4D7 #EAE9F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#A6A0BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.39

#A6A0BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A6A0BE

8.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A6A0BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A6A0BE	1.00	2.50	8.39	8.39
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AA4BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AA3BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A2A4AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a6a0be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 160, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.044 294.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0bcd1',
    500: '#a6a0be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a6a0be;
$custom-light: #c0bcd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a6a0be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252,
    "s": 18.75,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72075,
    "c": 0.04353,
    "h": 294.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.36966
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A6A0BE

secondary

#E0E1D8

accent

#9D488C

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F7F6F9

border

#D0D0D2

text

#121214

muted

#818182

Preview Lab

Preview with #A6A0BE

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

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