#A8A6B8#A8A6B8

#A8A6B8 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.026 H 290.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A6B8
RGB	rgb(168, 166, 184)
HSL	hsl(247, 11%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(247, 10%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.7%, 9.8%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.79, 4.25, -8.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.79, 9.93, 295.36°)
OKLab	oklab(73.26% 0.0092 -0.0241)
OKLCH	oklch(73.26% 0.026 290.9)
XYZ	xyz(38.4347, 39.0578, 50.8522)
Luminance	0.3906 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A6B8 #B6B8A6

analogous

#A6ADB8 #A8A6B8 #B1A6B8

triadic

#A8A6B8 #B8A8A6 #A6B8A8

tetradic

#A8A6B8 #B8A6AD #B6B8A6 #A6B8B1

square

#A8A6B8 #B8A6AD #B6B8A6 #A6B8B1

split-complementary

#A8A6B8 #B8B1A6 #ADB8A6

monochromatic

#68657F #87849D #A8A6B8 #C9C8D3 #EBEAEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#A8A6B8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.81

#A8A6B8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A6B8

8.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A6B8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A6B8	1.00	2.38	8.81	8.81
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2A8B9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2A7B7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A5A9AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a6b8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 166, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.026 290.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1c0cd',
    500: '#a8a6b8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a6b8;
$custom-light: #c1c0cd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a6b8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 246.667,
    "s": 11.25,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73255,
    "c": 0.0258,
    "h": 290.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39058
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A6B8

secondary

#DFE0DA

accent

#95508E

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F7F7F9

border

#D0D0D2

text

#121213

muted

#818182

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A6B8

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

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