#A8A6EA#A8A6EA

#A8A6EA is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.415; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.097 H 285.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A6EA
RGB	rgb(168, 166, 234)
HSL	hsl(242, 62%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(242, 29%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.2%, 29.1%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.55, 15.57, -33.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.55, 37.25, 294.71°)
OKLab	oklab(75.2% 0.0254 -0.0937)
OKLCH	oklch(75.2% 0.097 285.2)
XYZ	xyz(44.6321, 41.5368, 83.4918)
Luminance	0.4154 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A6EA #E8EAA6

analogous

#A6C6EA #A8A6EA #CAA6EA

triadic

#A8A6EA #EAA8A6 #A6EAA8

tetradic

#A8A6EA #EAA6C6 #E8EAA6 #A6EACA

square

#A8A6EA #EAA6C6 #E8EAA6 #A6EACA

split-complementary

#A8A6EA #EACAA6 #C6EAA6

monochromatic

#4743D3 #7874DE #A8A6EA #D8D8F6 #E7E6F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#A8A6EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.31

#A8A6EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A6EA

9.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A6EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A6EA	1.00	2.26	9.31	9.31
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93AFED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91ABE8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#98B2BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a6ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 166, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.097 285.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3c0f1',
    500: '#a8a6ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a6ea;
$custom-light: #c3c0f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a6ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 241.765,
    "s": 61.818,
    "l": 78.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75201,
    "c": 0.09713,
    "h": 285.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.41538
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A6EA

secondary

#F0F1DA

accent

#CA1CC4

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F8F7FD

border

#D1D0D5

text

#131216

muted

#828184

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A6EA

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

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