#A8A1BC#A8A1BC

#A8A1BC is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.374; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.039 H 297.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A1BC
RGB	rgb(168, 161, 188)
HSL	hsl(256, 17%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(256, 14%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.6%, 14.4%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.61, 7.85, -12.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.61, 15.16, 301.20°)
OKLab	oklab(72.37% 0.0181 -0.035)
OKLCH	oklch(72.37% 0.039 297.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.9686, 37.4453, 52.7946)
Luminance	0.3745 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A1BC #B5BCA1

analogous

#A1A7BC #A8A1BC #B5A1BC

triadic

#A8A1BC #BCA8A1 #A1BCA8

tetradic

#A8A1BC #BCA1A7 #B5BCA1 #A1BCB5

square

#A8A1BC #BCA1A7 #B5BCA1 #A1BCB5

split-complementary

#A8A1BC #BCB5A1 #A7BCA1

monochromatic

#685E84 #877DA3 #A8A1BC #C9C5D5 #EAE8EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#A8A1BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.49

#A8A1BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A1BC

8.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A1BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A1BC	1.00	2.47	8.49	8.49
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CA5BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DA4BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A5A5AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a1bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 161, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.039 297.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2bcd0',
    500: '#a8a1bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a1bc;
$custom-light: #c2bcd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a1bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.556,
    "s": 16.77,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72372,
    "c": 0.03939,
    "h": 297.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.37445
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A1BC

secondary

#DEE0D8

accent

#9B4A86

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F7F6F9

border

#D0D0D2

text

#121214

muted

#818182

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A1BC

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

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