#A8A6F6#A8A6F6

#A8A6F6 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.423; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.114 H 284.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A6F6
RGB	rgb(168, 166, 246)
HSL	hsl(242, 82%, 81%)
HSV	hsv(242, 33%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.7%, 32.5%, 0%, 3.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.04, 18.56, -39.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.04, 43.74, 295.10°)
OKLab	oklab(75.74% 0.0285 -0.1103)
OKLCH	oklch(75.74% 0.114 284.5)
XYZ	xyz(46.4148, 42.2498, 92.8805)
Luminance	0.4225 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A6F6 #F4F6A6

analogous

#A6CCF6 #A8A6F6 #D0A6F6

triadic

#A8A6F6 #F6A8A6 #A6F6A8

tetradic

#A8A6F6 #F6A6CC #F4F6A6 #A6F6D0

square

#A8A6F6 #F6A6CC #F4F6A6 #A6F6D0

split-complementary

#A8A6F6 #F6D0A6 #CCF6A6

monochromatic

#3B37EB #726EF0 #A8A6F6 #DEDEFC #E4E3FC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#A8A6F6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.45

#A8A6F6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A6F6

9.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A6F6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A6F6	1.00	2.22	9.45	9.45
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8EB0F9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8CABF4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#94B5C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a6f6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 166, 246);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.114 284.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4c0f9',
    500: '#a8a6f6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a6f6;
$custom-light: #c4c0f9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a6f6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 246
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 241.5,
    "s": 81.633,
    "l": 80.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75743,
    "c": 0.11394,
    "h": 284.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.42251
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A6F6

secondary

#F3F4D7

accent

#DE07D9

background

#FCFBFF

surface

#F8F7FF

border

#D1D0D7

text

#131217

muted

#828185

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A6F6

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

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