#A8A6BE#A8A6BE

#A8A6BE is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.034 H 289.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A6BE
RGB	rgb(168, 166, 190)
HSL	hsl(245, 16%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(245, 13%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.6%, 12.6%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.98, 5.50, -12.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.98, 13.22, 294.59°)
OKLab	oklab(73.46% 0.0114 -0.0324)
OKLCH	oklch(73.46% 0.034 289.3)
XYZ	xyz(39.0770, 39.3147, 54.2350)
Luminance	0.3931 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A6BE #BCBEA6

analogous

#A6B0BE #A8A6BE #B4A6BE

triadic

#A8A6BE #BEA8A6 #A6BEA8

tetradic

#A8A6BE #BEA6B0 #BCBEA6 #A6BEB4

square

#A8A6BE #BEA6B0 #BCBEA6 #A6BEB4

split-complementary

#A8A6BE #BEB4A6 #B0BEA6

monochromatic

#666387 #8583A4 #A8A6BE #CBC9D8 #EDEDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#A8A6BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.86

#A8A6BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A6BE

8.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A6BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A6BE	1.00	2.37	8.86	8.86
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1A9BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1A8BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A4AAAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a6be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 166, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.034 289.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2c0d1',
    500: '#a8a6be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a6be;
$custom-light: #c2c0d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a6be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 245,
    "s": 15.584,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73461,
    "c": 0.03439,
    "h": 289.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39315
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A6BE

secondary

#E3E3DD

accent

#9A4C93

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F7F7F9

border

#D0D0D2

text

#121214

muted

#818182

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A6BE

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

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