#A6AAE4#A6AAE4

#A6AAE4 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.083 H 281.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A6AAE4
RGB	rgb(166, 170, 228)
HSL	hsl(236, 53%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(236, 27%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.2%, 25.4%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.18, 11.29, -29.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.18, 31.67, 290.88°)
OKLab	oklab(75.58% 0.0161 -0.0817)
OKLCH	oklch(75.58% 0.083 281.1)
XYZ	xyz(44.1005, 42.4568, 79.2552)
Luminance	0.4246 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A6AAE4 #E4E0A6

analogous

#A6C9E4 #A6AAE4 #C1A6E4

triadic

#A6AAE4 #E4A6AA #AAE4A6

tetradic

#A6AAE4 #E4A6C9 #E4E0A6 #A6E4C1

square

#A6AAE4 #E4A6C9 #E4E0A6 #A6E4C1

split-complementary

#A6AAE4 #E4C1A6 #C9E4A6

monochromatic

#4850C8 #777DD6 #A6AAE4 #D5D7F2 #E8E9F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#A6AAE4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.49

#A6AAE4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A6AAE4

9.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A6AAE4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A6AAE4	1.00	2.21	9.49	9.49
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AB0E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97ACE3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#97B4BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a6aae4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 170, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.083 281.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1c3ec',
    500: '#a6aae4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a6aae4;
$custom-light: #c1c3ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a6aae4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 236.129,
    "s": 53.448,
    "l": 77.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75577,
    "c": 0.08325,
    "h": 281.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.42458
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A6AAE4

secondary

#EFEEDC

accent

#B725C1

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F8F7FD

border

#D1D0D5

text

#121216

muted

#818184

Preview Lab

Preview with #A6AAE4

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

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