#A6A4E3#A6A4E3

#A6A4E3 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.090 H 285.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A6A4E3
RGB	rgb(166, 164, 227)
HSL	hsl(242, 53%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(242, 28%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.9%, 27.8%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.61, 14.40, -31.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.61, 34.61, 294.60°)
OKLab	oklab(74.35% 0.024 -0.087)
OKLCH	oklch(74.35% 0.09 285.4)
XYZ	xyz(42.8629, 40.2030, 78.1598)
Luminance	0.4020 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A6A4E3 #E1E3A4

analogous

#A4C2E3 #A6A4E3 #C6A4E3

triadic

#A6A4E3 #E3A6A4 #A4E3A6

tetradic

#A6A4E3 #E3A4C2 #E1E3A4 #A4E3C6

square

#A6A4E3 #E3A4C2 #E1E3A4 #A4E3C6

split-complementary

#A6A4E3 #E3C6A4 #C2E3A4

monochromatic

#4A46C6 #7875D5 #A6A4E3 #D4D3F1 #E8E8F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#A6A4E3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.04

#A6A4E3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A6A4E3

9.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A6A4E3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A6A4E3	1.00	2.32	9.04	9.04
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93ACE6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91A8E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#98AFBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a6a4e3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 164, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.090 285.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1beec',
    500: '#a6a4e3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a6a4e3;
$custom-light: #c1beec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a6a4e3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 241.905,
    "s": 52.941,
    "l": 76.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74348,
    "c": 0.09025,
    "h": 285.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.40204
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A6A4E3

secondary

#EEEFDC

accent

#C025BB

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F8F6FD

border

#D1D0D5

text

#121216

muted

#818184

Preview Lab

Preview with #A6A4E3

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

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