#A6A1E5#A6A1E5

#A6A1E5 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.097 H 287.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A6A1E5
RGB	rgb(166, 161, 229)
HSL	hsl(244, 57%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(244, 30%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.5%, 29.7%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.93, 16.58, -33.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.93, 37.48, 296.25°)
OKLab	oklab(73.85% 0.0287 -0.0931)
OKLCH	oklch(73.85% 0.097 287.1)
XYZ	xyz(42.6100, 39.2530, 79.4452)
Luminance	0.3925 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A6A1E5 #E0E5A1

analogous

#A1BEE5 #A6A1E5 #C8A1E5

triadic

#A6A1E5 #E5A6A1 #A1E5A6

tetradic

#A6A1E5 #E5A1BE #E0E5A1 #A1E5C8

square

#A6A1E5 #E5A1BE #E0E5A1 #A1E5C8

split-complementary

#A6A1E5 #E5C8A1 #BEE5A1

monochromatic

#4B41CA #7971D8 #A6A1E5 #D3D1F2 #E8E7F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#A6A1E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.85

#A6A1E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A6A1E5

8.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A6A1E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A6A1E5	1.00	2.37	8.85	8.85
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8FAAE8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8DA6E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#97ADB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a6a1e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 161, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.097 287.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2bced',
    500: '#a6a1e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a6a1e5;
$custom-light: #c2bced;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a6a1e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 244.412,
    "s": 56.667,
    "l": 76.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7385,
    "c": 0.09745,
    "h": 287.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.39254
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A6A1E5

secondary

#EEF0DB

accent

#C421B8

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F8F6FD

border

#D1D0D5

text

#121216

muted

#818184

Preview Lab

Preview with #A6A1E5

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

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