#A6AEC4#A6AEC4

#A6AEC4 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.424; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.033 H 269.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A6AEC4
RGB	rgb(166, 174, 196)
HSL	hsl(224, 20%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(224, 15%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.3%, 11.2%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.12, 1.73, -12.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.12, 12.26, 278.09°)
OKLab	oklab(75.16% -0.0002 -0.0328)
OKLCH	oklch(75.16% 0.033 269.7)
XYZ	xyz(40.8234, 42.3640, 58.2401)
Luminance	0.4237 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A6AEC4 #C4BCA6

analogous

#A6BDC4 #A6AEC4 #ADA6C4

triadic

#A6AEC4 #C4A6AE #AEC4A6

tetradic

#A6AEC4 #C4A6BD #C4BCA6 #A6C4AD

square

#A6AEC4 #C4A6BD #C4BCA6 #A6C4AD

split-complementary

#A6AEC4 #C4ADA6 #BDC4A6

monochromatic

#606C90 #818DAC #A6AEC4 #CBCFDC #EDEEF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#A6AEC4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.47

#A6AEC4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A6AEC4

9.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A6AEC4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A6AEC4	1.00	2.22	9.47	9.47
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8AFC5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5ADC3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9FB2B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a6aec4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 174, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.033 269.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0c6d5',
    500: '#a6aec4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a6aec4;
$custom-light: #c0c6d5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a6aec4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 224,
    "s": 20.27,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75162,
    "c": 0.03285,
    "h": 269.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.42365
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A6AEC4

secondary

#E7E5DF

accent

#87479F

background

#FBFCFD

surface

#F7F8FA

border

#D0D1D3

text

#121314

muted

#818283

Preview Lab

Preview with #A6AEC4

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

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