#A8A6B4#A8A6B4

#A8A6B4 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.020 H 292.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A6B4
RGB	rgb(168, 166, 180)
HSL	hsl(249, 9%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(249, 8%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.7%, 7.8%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.67, 3.44, -6.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.67, 7.74, 296.38°)
OKLab	oklab(73.12% 0.0077 -0.0186)
OKLCH	oklch(73.12% 0.02 292.5)
XYZ	xyz(38.0213, 38.8924, 48.6751)
Luminance	0.3889 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A6B4 #B2B4A6

analogous

#A6ABB4 #A8A6B4 #AFA6B4

triadic

#A8A6B4 #B4A8A6 #A6B4A8

tetradic

#A8A6B4 #B4A6AB #B2B4A6 #A6B4AF

square

#A8A6B4 #B4A6AB #B2B4A6 #A6B4AF

split-complementary

#A8A6B4 #B4AFA6 #ABB4A6

monochromatic

#696679 #888598 #A8A6B4 #C8C7D0 #E9E8EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#A8A6B4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.78

#A8A6B4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A6B4

8.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A6B4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A6B4	1.00	2.39	8.78	8.78
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3A8B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3A7B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A6A8AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a6b4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 166, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.020 292.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1c0ca',
    500: '#a8a6b4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a6b4;
$custom-light: #c1c0ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a6b4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 248.571,
    "s": 8.537,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73121,
    "c": 0.0201,
    "h": 292.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38893
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A6B4

secondary

#DCDDD9

accent

#935389

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F7F7F8

border

#D0D0D1

text

#121213

muted

#818182

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A6B4

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

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