#A6AABA#A6AABA

#A6AABA is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.023 H 274.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A6AABA
RGB	rgb(166, 170, 186)
HSL	hsl(228, 13%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(228, 11%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.8%, 8.6%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.75, 1.79, -8.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.75, 8.85, 281.69°)
OKLab	oklab(73.99% 0.0019 -0.0233)
OKLCH	oklch(73.99% 0.023 274.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.9617, 40.4012, 52.1904)
Luminance	0.4040 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A6AABA #BAB6A6

analogous

#A6B4BA #A6AABA #ACA6BA

triadic

#A6AABA #BAA6AA #AABAA6

tetradic

#A6AABA #BAA6B4 #BAB6A6 #A6BAAC

square

#A6AABA #BAA6B4 #BAB6A6 #A6BAAC

split-complementary

#A6AABA #BAACA6 #B4BAA6

monochromatic

#646A81 #84899F #A6AABA #C8CBD5 #EBECEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#A6AABA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.08

#A6AABA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A6AABA

9.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A6AABA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A6AABA	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)

#A6ABBB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5AABA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A2ADAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a6aaba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 170, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.023 274.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0c3ce',
    500: '#a6aaba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a6aaba;
$custom-light: #c0c3ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a6aaba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 228,
    "s": 12.658,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73989,
    "c": 0.0234,
    "h": 274.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.40402
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A6AABA

secondary

#E1E0DB

accent

#884F97

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F7F7F9

border

#D0D0D2

text

#121213

muted

#818182

Preview Lab

Preview with #A6AABA

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

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