#A8A6BB#A8A6BB

#A8A6BB is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.030 H 290.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A6BB
RGB	rgb(168, 166, 187)
HSL	hsl(246, 13%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(246, 11%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.2%, 11.2%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.89, 4.87, -10.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.89, 11.58, 294.90°)
OKLab	oklab(73.36% 0.0103 -0.0283)
OKLCH	oklch(73.36% 0.03 290)
XYZ	xyz(38.7525, 39.1849, 52.5259)
Luminance	0.3918 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A6BB #B9BBA6

analogous

#A6AFBB #A8A6BB #B3A6BB

triadic

#A8A6BB #BBA8A6 #A6BBA8

tetradic

#A8A6BB #BBA6AF #B9BBA6 #A6BBB3

square

#A8A6BB #BBA6AF #B9BBA6 #A6BBB3

split-complementary

#A8A6BB #BBB3A6 #AFBBA6

monochromatic

#676483 #8683A0 #A8A6BB #CAC9D6 #ECEBF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#A8A6BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.84

#A8A6BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A6BB

8.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A6BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A6BB	1.00	2.38	8.84	8.84
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2A8BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1A8BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A4A9AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a6bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 166, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.030 290.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2c0cf',
    500: '#a8a6bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a6bb;
$custom-light: #c2c0cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a6bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 245.714,
    "s": 13.376,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73357,
    "c": 0.0301,
    "h": 290
  },
  "luminance": 0.39185
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A6BB

secondary

#E1E1DB

accent

#984E91

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F7F7F9

border

#D0D0D2

text

#121213

muted

#818182

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A6BB

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

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