#A8A1BE#A8A1BE

#A8A1BE is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.375; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.042 H 296.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A1BE
RGB	rgb(168, 161, 190)
HSL	hsl(254, 18%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(254, 15%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.6%, 15.3%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.67, 8.28, -13.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.67, 16.25, 300.62°)
OKLab	oklab(72.44% 0.0188 -0.0378)
OKLCH	oklch(72.44% 0.042 296.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.1857, 37.5321, 53.9379)
Luminance	0.3753 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A1BE #B7BEA1

analogous

#A1A9BE #A8A1BE #B7A1BE

triadic

#A8A1BE #BEA8A1 #A1BEA8

tetradic

#A8A1BE #BEA1A9 #B7BEA1 #A1BEB7

square

#A8A1BE #BEA1A9 #B7BEA1 #A1BEB7

split-complementary

#A8A1BE #BEB7A1 #A9BEA1

monochromatic

#685D87 #877DA5 #A8A1BE #C9C5D7 #EBE9F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#A8A1BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.51

#A8A1BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A1BE

8.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A1BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A1BE	1.00	2.47	8.51	8.51
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BA5BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CA5BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A4A5AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a1be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 161, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.042 296.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2bcd1',
    500: '#a8a1be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a1be;
$custom-light: #c2bcd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a1be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.483,
    "s": 18.239,
    "l": 68.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72444,
    "c": 0.04221,
    "h": 296.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.37532
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A1BE

secondary

#E0E2D9

accent

#9D4988

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F7F6F9

border

#D0D0D2

text

#121214

muted

#818182

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A1BE

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

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