#A6A4BE#A6A4BE

#A6A4BE is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.037 H 289.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A6A4BE
RGB	rgb(166, 164, 190)
HSL	hsl(245, 17%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(245, 14%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.6%, 13.7%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.30, 5.94, -13.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.30, 14.35, 294.46°)
OKLab	oklab(72.89% 0.0121 -0.0353)
OKLCH	oklch(72.89% 0.037 289)
XYZ	xyz(38.2937, 38.3753, 54.0949)
Luminance	0.3838 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A6A4BE #BCBEA4

analogous

#A4AFBE #A6A4BE #B3A4BE

triadic

#A6A4BE #BEA6A4 #A4BEA6

tetradic

#A6A4BE #BEA4AF #BCBEA4 #A4BEB3

square

#A6A4BE #BEA4AF #BCBEA4 #A4BEB3

split-complementary

#A6A4BE #BEB3A4 #AFBEA4

monochromatic

#636187 #8380A5 #A6A4BE #C9C8D8 #ECEBF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#A6A4BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.68

#A6A4BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A6A4BE

8.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A6A4BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A6A4BE	1.00	2.42	8.68	8.68
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EA7BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EA6BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A1A8AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a6a4be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 164, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.037 289.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0bfd1',
    500: '#a6a4be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a6a4be;
$custom-light: #c0bfd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a6a4be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 244.615,
    "s": 16.667,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72889,
    "c": 0.03735,
    "h": 289
  },
  "luminance": 0.38376
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A6A4BE

secondary

#E2E3DB

accent

#9B4B95

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F7F6F9

border

#D0D0D2

text

#121214

muted

#818182

Preview Lab

Preview with #A6A4BE

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

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