#A8A6CA#A8A6CA

#A8A6CA is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.052 H 287.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A6CA
RGB	rgb(168, 166, 202)
HSL	hsl(243, 25%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(243, 18%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.8%, 17.8%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.37, 8.10, -18.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.37, 19.80, 294.13°)
OKLab	oklab(73.9% 0.0156 -0.0492)
OKLCH	oklch(73.9% 0.052 287.6)
XYZ	xyz(40.4429, 39.8611, 61.4289)
Luminance	0.3986 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A6CA #C8CAA6

analogous

#A6B6CA #A8A6CA #BAA6CA

triadic

#A8A6CA #CAA8A6 #A6CAA8

tetradic

#A8A6CA #CAA6B6 #C8CAA6 #A6CABA

square

#A8A6CA #CAA6B6 #C8CAA6 #A6CABA

split-complementary

#A8A6CA #CABAA6 #B6CAA6

monochromatic

#5F5C9A #8380B3 #A8A6CA #CDCCE1 #ECECF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#A8A6CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.97

#A8A6CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A6CA

8.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A6CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A6CA	1.00	2.34	8.97	8.97
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EAACC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DA8C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A1ACB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a6ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 166, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.052 287.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2c0da',
    500: '#a8a6ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a6ca;
$custom-light: #c2c0da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a6ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 243.333,
    "s": 25.352,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73896,
    "c": 0.0516,
    "h": 287.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39862
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A6CA

secondary

#EAEAE1

accent

#A4429E

background

#FBFBFD

surface

#F7F7FA

border

#D0D0D3

text

#121214

muted

#818183

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A6CA

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

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