#A8A6CB#A8A6CB

#A8A6CB is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.053 H 287.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A6CB
RGB	rgb(168, 166, 203)
HSL	hsl(243, 26%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(243, 18%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.2%, 18.2%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.40, 8.32, -18.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.40, 20.35, 294.13°)
OKLab	oklab(73.93% 0.016 -0.0506)
OKLCH	oklch(73.93% 0.053 287.5)
XYZ	xyz(40.5617, 39.9086, 62.0545)
Luminance	0.3991 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A6CB #C9CBA6

analogous

#A6B7CB #A8A6CB #BAA6CB

triadic

#A8A6CB #CBA8A6 #A6CBA8

tetradic

#A8A6CB #CBA6B7 #C9CBA6 #A6CBBA

square

#A8A6CB #CBA6B7 #C9CBA6 #A6CBBA

split-complementary

#A8A6CB #CBBAA6 #B7CBA6

monochromatic

#5E5B9C #827FB4 #A8A6CB #CECDE2 #ECECF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#A8A6CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.98

#A8A6CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A6CB

8.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A6CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A6CB	1.00	2.34	8.98	8.98
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DAACD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DA9CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A1ACB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a6cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 166, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.053 287.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2c0db',
    500: '#a8a6cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a6cb;
$custom-light: #c2c0db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a6cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 243.243,
    "s": 26.241,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73934,
    "c": 0.05304,
    "h": 287.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.39909
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A6CB

secondary

#EAEAE1

accent

#A5419F

background

#FBFBFD

surface

#F7F7FA

border

#D0D0D3

text

#121215

muted

#818183

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A6CB

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

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