#A8A1CA#A8A1CA

#A8A1CA is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.059 H 292.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A1CA
RGB	rgb(168, 161, 202)
HSL	hsl(250, 28%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(250, 20%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.8%, 20.3%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.08, 10.88, -20.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.08, 22.80, 298.51°)
OKLab	oklab(72.89% 0.0228 -0.0546)
OKLCH	oklch(72.89% 0.059 292.7)
XYZ	xyz(39.5517, 38.0785, 61.1318)
Luminance	0.3808 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A1CA #C3CAA1

analogous

#A1AECA #A8A1CA #BCA1CA

triadic

#A8A1CA #CAA8A1 #A1CAA8

tetradic

#A8A1CA #CAA1AE #C3CAA1 #A1CABC

square

#A8A1CA #CAA1AE #C3CAA1 #A1CABC

split-complementary

#A8A1CA #CABCA1 #AECAA1

monochromatic

#62579A #847AB4 #A8A1CA #CCC8E0 #EDEBF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#A8A1CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.62

#A8A1CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A1CA

8.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A1CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A1CA	1.00	2.44	8.62	8.62
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98A6CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98A5C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A1A7AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a1ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 161, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.059 292.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2bcda',
    500: '#a8a1ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a1ca;
$custom-light: #c2bcda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a1ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.244,
    "s": 27.891,
    "l": 71.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72892,
    "c": 0.0592,
    "h": 292.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38079
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A1CA

secondary

#E7E9DE

accent

#A73F95

background

#FBFBFD

surface

#F7F6FA

border

#D0D0D3

text

#121214

muted

#818183

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A1CA

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

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