#A8A6E4#A8A6E4

#A8A6E4 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.412; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.089 H 285.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A6E4
RGB	rgb(168, 166, 228)
HSL	hsl(242, 53%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(242, 27%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.3%, 27.2%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.31, 14.11, -30.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.31, 33.99, 294.53°)
OKLab	oklab(74.94% 0.0237 -0.0854)
OKLCH	oklch(74.94% 0.089 285.5)
XYZ	xyz(43.7847, 41.1978, 79.0289)
Luminance	0.4120 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A6E4 #E2E4A6

analogous

#A6C3E4 #A8A6E4 #C7A6E4

triadic

#A8A6E4 #E4A8A6 #A6E4A8

tetradic

#A8A6E4 #E4A6C3 #E2E4A6 #A6E4C7

square

#A8A6E4 #E4A6C3 #E2E4A6 #A6E4C7

split-complementary

#A8A6E4 #E4C7A6 #C3E4A6

monochromatic

#4C48C8 #7A77D6 #A8A6E4 #D6D5F2 #E8E8F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#A8A6E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.24

#A8A6E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A6E4

9.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A6E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A6E4	1.00	2.27	9.24	9.24
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95AEE7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94AAE2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9AB1BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a6e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 166, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.089 285.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3c0ec',
    500: '#a8a6e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a6e4;
$custom-light: #c3c0ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a6e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 241.935,
    "s": 53.448,
    "l": 77.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74941,
    "c": 0.08865,
    "h": 285.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.41199
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A6E4

secondary

#EEEFDC

accent

#C125BC

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F8F7FD

border

#D1D0D5

text

#121216

muted

#818184

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A6E4

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

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