#A6A0DD#A6A0DD

#A6A0DD is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.088 H 288.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A6A0DD
RGB	rgb(166, 160, 221)
HSL	hsl(246, 47%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(246, 28%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.9%, 27.6%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.36, 15.21, -30.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.36, 33.72, 296.80°)
OKLab	oklab(73.31% 0.0279 -0.0831)
OKLCH	oklch(73.31% 0.088 288.5)
XYZ	xyz(41.3446, 38.4684, 73.6395)
Luminance	0.3847 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A6A0DD #D7DDA0

analogous

#A0B8DD #A6A0DD #C5A0DD

triadic

#A6A0DD #DDA6A0 #A0DDA6

tetradic

#A6A0DD #DDA0B8 #D7DDA0 #A0DDC5

square

#A6A0DD #DDA0B8 #D7DDA0 #A0DDC5

split-complementary

#A6A0DD #DDC5A0 #B8DDA0

monochromatic

#5246BD #7C73CD #A6A0DD #D0CDED #EAE8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#A6A0DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.69

#A6A0DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A6A0DD

8.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A6A0DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A6A0DD	1.00	2.42	8.69	8.69
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90A8E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90A5DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9AAAB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a6a0dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 160, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.088 288.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1bce7',
    500: '#a6a0dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a6a0dd;
$custom-light: #c1bce7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a6a0dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 245.902,
    "s": 47.287,
    "l": 74.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73306,
    "c": 0.08764,
    "h": 288.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38469
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A6A0DD

secondary

#ECEEDD

accent

#BB2BAC

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F7F6FC

border

#D0D0D5

text

#121216

muted

#818184

Preview Lab

Preview with #A6A0DD

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

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