#A8A2B2#A8A2B2

#A8A2B2 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.374; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.024 H 302.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A2B2
RGB	rgb(168, 162, 178)
HSL	hsl(263, 9%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(263, 9%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.6%, 9%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.56, 5.24, -7.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.56, 9.13, 305.05°)
OKLab	oklab(72.23% 0.0129 -0.02)
OKLCH	oklch(72.23% 0.024 302.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.1032, 37.3799, 47.3712)
Luminance	0.3738 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A2B2 #ACB2A2

analogous

#A2A4B2 #A8A2B2 #B0A2B2

triadic

#A8A2B2 #B2A8A2 #A2B2A8

tetradic

#A8A2B2 #B2A2A4 #ACB2A2 #A2B2B0

square

#A8A2B2 #B2A2A4 #ACB2A2 #A2B2B0

split-complementary

#A8A2B2 #B2B0A2 #A4B2A2

monochromatic

#6A6377 #898196 #A8A2B2 #C7C3CE #E7E5E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#A8A2B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.48

#A8A2B2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A2B2

8.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A2B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A2B2	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)

#9FA4B3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0A5B1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A7A4A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a2b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 162, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.024 302.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1bdc9',
    500: '#a8a2b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a2b2;
$custom-light: #c1bdc9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a2b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.5,
    "s": 9.412,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72232,
    "c": 0.0238,
    "h": 302.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.3738
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A2B2

secondary

#D9DAD5

accent

#93527B

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F7F6F8

border

#D0D0D1

text

#121213

muted

#818182

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A2B2

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

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