#A6AEBC#A6AEBC

#A6AEBC is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.022 H 261.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A6AEBC
RGB	rgb(166, 174, 188)
HSL	hsl(218, 14%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(218, 12%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.7%, 7.4%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.88, 0.03, -8.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.88, 8.10, 270.18°)
OKLab	oklab(74.89% -0.0032 -0.0218)
OKLCH	oklch(74.89% 0.022 261.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.9370, 42.0094, 53.5718)
Luminance	0.4201 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A6AEBC #BCB4A6

analogous

#A6B9BC #A6AEBC #A9A6BC

triadic

#A6AEBC #BCA6AE #AEBCA6

tetradic

#A6AEBC #BCA6B9 #BCB4A6 #A6BCA9

square

#A6AEBC #BCA6B9 #BCB4A6 #A6BCA9

split-complementary

#A6AEBC #BCA9A6 #B9BCA6

monochromatic

#636F84 #838EA2 #A6AEBC #C9CED6 #ECEEF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#A6AEBC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.40

#A6AEBC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A6AEBC

9.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A6AEBC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A6AEBC	1.00	2.23	9.40	9.40
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAAFBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8ADBC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A1B1B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a6aebc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 174, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.022 261.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0c6d0',
    500: '#a6aebc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a6aebc;
$custom-light: #c0c6d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a6aebc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 218.182,
    "s": 14.103,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7489,
    "c": 0.02204,
    "h": 261.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.4201
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A6AEBC

secondary

#E2E0DC

accent

#7D4D98

background

#FBFCFC

surface

#F7F8F9

border

#D0D1D2

text

#121314

muted

#818282

Preview Lab

Preview with #A6AEBC

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

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