#A8A6BC#A8A6BC

#A8A6BC is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.032 H 289.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A6BC
RGB	rgb(168, 166, 188)
HSL	hsl(245, 14%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(245, 12%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.6%, 11.7%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.92, 5.08, -11.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.92, 12.13, 294.78°)
OKLab	oklab(73.39% 0.0107 -0.0297)
OKLCH	oklch(73.39% 0.032 289.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.8599, 39.2279, 53.0917)
Luminance	0.3923 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A6BC #BABCA6

analogous

#A6AFBC #A8A6BC #B3A6BC

triadic

#A8A6BC #BCA8A6 #A6BCA8

tetradic

#A8A6BC #BCA6AF #BABCA6 #A6BCB3

square

#A8A6BC #BCA6AF #BABCA6 #A6BCB3

split-complementary

#A8A6BC #BCB3A6 #AFBCA6

monochromatic

#666384 #8683A2 #A8A6BC #CAC9D6 #ECECF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#A8A6BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.85

#A8A6BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A6BC

8.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A6BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A6BC	1.00	2.37	8.85	8.85
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1A9BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1A8BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A4A9AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a6bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 166, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.032 289.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2c0d0',
    500: '#a8a6bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a6bc;
$custom-light: #c2c0d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a6bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 245.455,
    "s": 14.103,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73391,
    "c": 0.03153,
    "h": 289.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.39228
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A6BC

secondary

#E1E2DC

accent

#984D91

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F7F7F9

border

#D0D0D2

text

#121214

muted

#818182

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A6BC

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

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