#A8A2B3#A8A2B3

#A8A2B3 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.374; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.025 H 301.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A2B3
RGB	rgb(168, 162, 179)
HSL	hsl(261, 10%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(261, 9%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.1%, 9.5%, 0%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.59, 5.45, -7.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.59, 9.67, 304.28°)
OKLab	oklab(72.27% 0.0133 -0.0214)
OKLCH	oklch(72.27% 0.025 301.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.2040, 37.4202, 47.9019)
Luminance	0.3742 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A2B3 #ADB3A2

analogous

#A2A5B3 #A8A2B3 #B1A2B3

triadic

#A8A2B3 #B3A8A2 #A2B3A8

tetradic

#A8A2B3 #B3A2A5 #ADB3A2 #A2B3B1

square

#A8A2B3 #B3A2A5 #ADB3A2 #A2B3B1

split-complementary

#A8A2B3 #B3B1A2 #A5B3A2

monochromatic

#6A6278 #888097 #A8A2B3 #C8C4CF #E7E5EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#A8A2B3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.48

#A8A2B3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A2B3

8.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A2B3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A2B3	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)

#9FA4B4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0A5B2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A6A4A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a2b3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 162, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.025 301.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1bdc9',
    500: '#a8a2b3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a2b3;
$custom-light: #c1bdc9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a2b3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.176,
    "s": 10.059,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72265,
    "c": 0.02518,
    "h": 301.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.3742
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A2B3

secondary

#D9DBD6

accent

#94517D

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F7F6F8

border

#D0D0D1

text

#121213

muted

#818182

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A2B3

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

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