#A8A6EB#A8A6EB

#A8A6EB is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.416; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.099 H 285.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A6EB
RGB	rgb(168, 166, 235)
HSL	hsl(242, 63%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(242, 29%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.5%, 29.4%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.59, 15.82, -34.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.59, 37.79, 294.74°)
OKLab	oklab(75.24% 0.0257 -0.0951)
OKLCH	oklch(75.24% 0.099 285.1)
XYZ	xyz(44.7762, 41.5944, 84.2506)
Luminance	0.4159 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A6EB #E9EBA6

analogous

#A6C6EB #A8A6EB #CAA6EB

triadic

#A8A6EB #EBA8A6 #A6EBA8

tetradic

#A8A6EB #EBA6C6 #E9EBA6 #A6EBCA

square

#A8A6EB #EBA6C6 #E9EBA6 #A6EBCA

split-complementary

#A8A6EB #EBCAA6 #C6EBA6

monochromatic

#4642D5 #7774E0 #A8A6EB #D9D8F6 #E7E6F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#A8A6EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.32

#A8A6EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A6EB

9.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A6EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A6EB	1.00	2.25	9.32	9.32
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93AFEE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91ABE9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#98B2BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a6eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 166, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.099 285.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3c0f1',
    500: '#a8a6eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a6eb;
$custom-light: #c3c0f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a6eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 241.739,
    "s": 63.303,
    "l": 78.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75245,
    "c": 0.09853,
    "h": 285.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.41595
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A6EB

secondary

#F0F1DA

accent

#CB1AC6

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F8F7FD

border

#D1D0D5

text

#131217

muted

#828185

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A6EB

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

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