#A8A1BB#A8A1BB

#A8A1BB is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.374; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.038 H 297.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A1BB
RGB	rgb(168, 161, 187)
HSL	hsl(256, 16%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(256, 14%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.2%, 13.9%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.58, 7.64, -12.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.58, 14.62, 301.53°)
OKLab	oklab(72.34% 0.0177 -0.0336)
OKLCH	oklch(72.34% 0.038 297.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.8612, 37.4023, 52.2288)
Luminance	0.3740 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A1BB #B4BBA1

analogous

#A1A7BB #A8A1BB #B5A1BB

triadic

#A8A1BB #BBA8A1 #A1BBA8

tetradic

#A8A1BB #BBA1A7 #B4BBA1 #A1BBB5

square

#A8A1BB #BBA1A7 #B4BBA1 #A1BBB5

split-complementary

#A8A1BB #BBB5A1 #A7BBA1

monochromatic

#685F83 #877DA1 #A8A1BB #C9C5D5 #EAE8EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#A8A1BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.48

#A8A1BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A1BB

8.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A1BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A1BB	1.00	2.48	8.48	8.48
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CA5BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DA4BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A5A5A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a1bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 161, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.038 297.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2bccf',
    500: '#a8a1bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a1bb;
$custom-light: #c2bccf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a1bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.154,
    "s": 16.049,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72337,
    "c": 0.03798,
    "h": 297.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.37402
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A1BB

secondary

#DEE0D8

accent

#9A4B85

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F7F6F9

border

#D0D0D2

text

#121213

muted

#818182

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A1BB

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

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