#A6A8BE#A6A8BE

#A6A8BE is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.032 H 281.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A6A8BE
RGB	rgb(166, 168, 190)
HSL	hsl(235, 16%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(235, 13%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.6%, 11.6%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.35, 3.73, -11.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.35, 12.08, 288.00°)
OKLab	oklab(73.71% 0.0063 -0.031)
OKLCH	oklch(73.71% 0.032 281.5)
XYZ	xyz(39.0208, 39.8296, 54.3373)
Luminance	0.3983 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A6A8BE #BEBCA6

analogous

#A6B4BE #A6A8BE #B0A6BE

triadic

#A6A8BE #BEA6A8 #A8BEA6

tetradic

#A6A8BE #BEA6B4 #BEBCA6 #A6BEB0

square

#A6A8BE #BEA6B4 #BEBCA6 #A6BEB0

split-complementary

#A6A8BE #BEB0A6 #B4BEA6

monochromatic

#636687 #8385A4 #A6A8BE #C9CBD8 #EDEDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#A6A8BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.97

#A6A8BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A6A8BE

8.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A6A8BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A6A8BE	1.00	2.34	8.97	8.97
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3AABF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2A9BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A1ACAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a6a8be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 168, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.032 281.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0c1d1',
    500: '#a6a8be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a6a8be;
$custom-light: #c0c1d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a6a8be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 235,
    "s": 15.584,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73711,
    "c": 0.03164,
    "h": 281.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.3983
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A6A8BE

secondary

#E3E3DD

accent

#934C9A

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F7F7F9

border

#D0D0D2

text

#121214

muted

#818182

Preview Lab

Preview with #A6A8BE

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

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