#A6ADE6#A6ADE6

#A6ADE6 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.437; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.082 H 278.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A6ADE6
RGB	rgb(166, 173, 230)
HSL	hsl(233, 56%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(233, 28%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.8%, 24.8%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.03, 10.10, -29.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.03, 31.07, 288.98°)
OKLab	oklab(76.26% 0.0126 -0.0811)
OKLCH	oklch(76.26% 0.082 278.8)
XYZ	xyz(44.9486, 43.7061, 80.9155)
Luminance	0.4371 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A6ADE6 #E6DFA6

analogous

#A6CDE6 #A6ADE6 #BFA6E6

triadic

#A6ADE6 #E6A6AD #ADE6A6

tetradic

#A6ADE6 #E6A6CD #E6DFA6 #A6E6BF

square

#A6ADE6 #E6A6CD #E6DFA6 #A6E6BF

split-complementary

#A6ADE6 #E6BFA6 #CDE6A6

monochromatic

#4655CB #7681D9 #A6ADE6 #D6D9F3 #E7E9F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#A6ADE6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.74

#A6ADE6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A6ADE6

9.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A6ADE6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A6ADE6	1.00	2.16	9.74	9.74
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DB3E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99AEE5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#96B7C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a6ade6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 173, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.082 278.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1c5ee',
    500: '#a6ade6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a6ade6;
$custom-light: #c1c5ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a6ade6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 233.438,
    "s": 56.14,
    "l": 77.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7626,
    "c": 0.08206,
    "h": 278.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.43707
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A6ADE6

secondary

#F0EDDB

accent

#B222C4

background

#FCFCFE

surface

#F8F8FD

border

#D1D1D5

text

#121216

muted

#818184

Preview Lab

Preview with #A6ADE6

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

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