#A6A8CB#A6A8CB

#A6A8CB is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.050 H 282.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A6A8CB
RGB	rgb(166, 168, 203)
HSL	hsl(237, 26%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(237, 18%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.2%, 17.2%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.77, 6.57, -18.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.77, 19.19, 290.01°)
OKLab	oklab(74.18% 0.0109 -0.0491)
OKLCH	oklch(74.18% 0.05 282.5)
XYZ	xyz(40.5055, 40.4235, 62.1568)
Luminance	0.4042 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A6A8CB #CBC9A6

analogous

#A6BACB #A6A8CB #B7A6CB

triadic

#A6A8CB #CBA6A8 #A8CBA6

tetradic

#A6A8CB #CBA6BA #CBC9A6 #A6CBB7

square

#A6A8CB #CBA6BA #CBC9A6 #A6CBB7

split-complementary

#A6A8CB #CBB7A6 #BACBA6

monochromatic

#5B5E9C #7F82B4 #A6A8CB #CDCEE2 #ECECF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#A6A8CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.08

#A6A8CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A6A8CB

9.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A6A8CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A6A8CB	1.00	2.31	9.08	9.08
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FACCD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EA9CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9EAEB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a6a8cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 168, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.050 282.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0c1da',
    500: '#a6a8cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a6a8cb;
$custom-light: #c0c1da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a6a8cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 236.757,
    "s": 26.241,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74181,
    "c": 0.05031,
    "h": 282.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40424
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A6A8CB

secondary

#EAEAE1

accent

#9F41A5

background

#FBFBFD

surface

#F7F7FA

border

#D0D0D3

text

#121215

muted

#818183

Preview Lab

Preview with #A6A8CB

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

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