#A8A6EF#A8A6EF

#A8A6EF is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.418; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.104 H 284.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A6EF
RGB	rgb(168, 166, 239)
HSL	hsl(242, 70%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(242, 31%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.7%, 30.5%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.75, 16.80, -36.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.75, 39.95, 294.87°)
OKLab	oklab(75.42% 0.0267 -0.1007)
OKLCH	oklch(75.42% 0.104 284.9)
XYZ	xyz(45.3606, 41.8281, 87.3283)
Luminance	0.4183 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A6EF #EDEFA6

analogous

#A6C9EF #A8A6EF #CDA6EF

triadic

#A8A6EF #EFA8A6 #A6EFA8

tetradic

#A8A6EF #EFA6C9 #EDEFA6 #A6EFCD

square

#A8A6EF #EFA6C9 #EDEFA6 #A6EFCD

split-complementary

#A8A6EF #EFCDA6 #C9EFA6

monochromatic

#433EDC #7572E6 #A8A6EF #DBDAF8 #E6E5FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#A8A6EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.37

#A8A6EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A6EF

9.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A6EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A6EF	1.00	2.24	9.37	9.37
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91AFF2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8FABED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#97B3C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a6ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 166, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.104 284.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3c0f4',
    500: '#a8a6ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a6ef;
$custom-light: #c3c0f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a6ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 241.644,
    "s": 69.524,
    "l": 79.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75423,
    "c": 0.10415,
    "h": 284.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.41829
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A6EF

secondary

#F1F2D9

accent

#D214CC

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F8F7FD

border

#D1D0D5

text

#131217

muted

#828185

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A6EF

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

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