#A8A6D6#A8A6D6

#A8A6D6 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.069 H 286.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A6D6
RGB	rgb(168, 166, 214)
HSL	hsl(243, 37%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(243, 22%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.5%, 22.4%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.79, 10.81, -24.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.79, 26.36, 294.21°)
OKLab	oklab(74.36% 0.0195 -0.0659)
OKLCH	oklch(74.36% 0.069 286.5)
XYZ	xyz(41.9194, 40.4517, 69.2047)
Luminance	0.4045 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A6D6 #D4D6A6

analogous

#A6BCD6 #A8A6D6 #C0A6D6

triadic

#A8A6D6 #D6A8A6 #A6D6A8

tetradic

#A8A6D6 #D6A6BC #D4D6A6 #A6D6C0

square

#A8A6D6 #D6A6BC #D4D6A6 #A6D6C0

split-complementary

#A8A6D6 #D6C0A6 #BCD6A6

monochromatic

#5652AF #7F7CC3 #A8A6D6 #D1D0E9 #EBEAF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#A8A6D6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.09

#A8A6D6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A6D6

9.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A6D6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A6D6	1.00	2.31	9.09	9.09
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AACD8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99A9D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9EAEB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a6d6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 166, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.069 286.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2c0e2',
    500: '#a8a6d6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a6d6;
$custom-light: #c2c0e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a6d6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 242.5,
    "s": 36.923,
    "l": 74.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74361,
    "c": 0.06876,
    "h": 286.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40452
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A6D6

secondary

#ECECDF

accent

#B036AB

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F8F7FB

border

#D1D0D4

text

#121215

muted

#818183

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A6D6

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

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