#A8A1BF#A8A1BF

#A8A1BF is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.376; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.044 H 296.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A1BF
RGB	rgb(168, 161, 191)
HSL	hsl(254, 19%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(254, 16%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(12%, 15.7%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.71, 8.49, -14.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.71, 16.79, 300.36°)
OKLab	oklab(72.48% 0.0191 -0.0392)
OKLCH	oklch(72.48% 0.044 296)
XYZ	xyz(38.2954, 37.5760, 54.5155)
Luminance	0.3758 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A1BF #B8BFA1

analogous

#A1A9BF #A8A1BF #B7A1BF

triadic

#A8A1BF #BFA8A1 #A1BFA8

tetradic

#A8A1BF #BFA1A9 #B8BFA1 #A1BFB7

square

#A8A1BF #BFA1A9 #B8BFA1 #A1BFB7

split-complementary

#A8A1BF #BFB7A1 #A9BFA1

monochromatic

#675D89 #867DA6 #A8A1BF #CAC5D8 #EBEAF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#A8A1BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.52

#A8A1BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A1BF

8.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A1BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A1BF	1.00	2.47	8.52	8.52
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BA5C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CA5BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A4A5AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a1bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 161, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.044 296.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2bcd2',
    500: '#a8a1bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a1bf;
$custom-light: #c2bcd2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a1bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254,
    "s": 18.987,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7248,
    "c": 0.04362,
    "h": 296
  },
  "luminance": 0.37576
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A1BF

secondary

#E0E2DA

accent

#9D4889

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F7F6F9

border

#D0D0D2

text

#121214

muted

#818182

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A1BF

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

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