#A8A6C0#A8A6C0

#A8A6C0 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.037 H 289.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A6C0
RGB	rgb(168, 166, 192)
HSL	hsl(245, 17%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(245, 14%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.5%, 13.5%, 0%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.04, 5.93, -13.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.04, 14.32, 294.45°)
OKLab	oklab(73.53% 0.0121 -0.0352)
OKLCH	oklch(73.53% 0.037 289)
XYZ	xyz(39.2971, 39.4028, 55.3941)
Luminance	0.3940 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A6C0 #BEC0A6

analogous

#A6B1C0 #A8A6C0 #B5A6C0

triadic

#A8A6C0 #C0A8A6 #A6C0A8

tetradic

#A8A6C0 #C0A6B1 #BEC0A6 #A6C0B5

square

#A8A6C0 #C0A6B1 #BEC0A6 #A6C0B5

split-complementary

#A8A6C0 #C0B5A6 #B1C0A6

monochromatic

#65628A #8582A7 #A8A6C0 #CBCAD9 #EDEDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#A8A6C0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.88

#A8A6C0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A6C0

8.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A6C0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A6C0	1.00	2.36	8.88	8.88
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0A9C1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0A8BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A3AAAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a6c0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 166, 192);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.037 289.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2c0d3',
    500: '#a8a6c0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a6c0;
$custom-light: #c2c0d3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a6c0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 192
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 244.615,
    "s": 17.105,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73532,
    "c": 0.03727,
    "h": 289
  },
  "luminance": 0.39403
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A6C0

secondary

#E4E5DD

accent

#9B4A95

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F7F7F9

border

#D0D0D2

text

#121214

muted

#818182

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A6C0

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

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