#A6A6BC#A6A6BC

#A6A6BC is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.032 H 285.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A6A6BC
RGB	rgb(166, 166, 188)
HSL	hsl(240, 14%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(240, 12%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.7%, 11.7%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.76, 4.41, -11.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.76, 12.10, 291.39°)
OKLab	oklab(73.23% 0.0085 -0.0304)
OKLCH	oklch(73.23% 0.032 285.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.4373, 39.0100, 53.0719)
Luminance	0.3901 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A6A6BC #BCBCA6

analogous

#A6B1BC #A6A6BC #B1A6BC

triadic

#A6A6BC #BCA6A6 #A6BCA6

tetradic

#A6A6BC #BCA6B1 #BCBCA6 #A6BCB1

square

#A6A6BC #BCA6B1 #BCBCA6 #A6BCB1

split-complementary

#A6A6BC #BCB1A6 #B1BCA6

monochromatic

#636384 #8383A2 #A6A6BC #C9C9D6 #ECECF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#A6A6BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.80

#A6A6BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A6A6BC

8.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A6A6BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A6A6BC	1.00	2.39	8.80	8.80
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1A8BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0A7BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A2A9AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a6a6bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 166, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.032 285.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0c0d0',
    500: '#a6a6bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a6a6bc;
$custom-light: #c0c0d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a6a6bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 14.103,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7323,
    "c": 0.03154,
    "h": 285.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.3901
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A6A6BC

secondary

#E2E2DC

accent

#984D98

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F7F7F9

border

#D0D0D2

text

#121214

muted

#818182

Preview Lab

Preview with #A6A6BC

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

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