#A8A2B4#A8A2B4

#A8A2B4 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.375; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.027 H 300.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A2B4
RGB	rgb(168, 162, 180)
HSL	hsl(260, 11%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(260, 10%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.7%, 10%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.62, 5.65, -8.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.62, 10.21, 303.60°)
OKLab	oklab(72.3% 0.0136 -0.0228)
OKLCH	oklch(72.3% 0.027 300.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.3055, 37.4608, 48.4365)
Luminance	0.3746 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A2B4 #AEB4A2

analogous

#A2A5B4 #A8A2B4 #B1A2B4

triadic

#A8A2B4 #B4A8A2 #A2B4A8

tetradic

#A8A2B4 #B4A2A5 #AEB4A2 #A2B4B1

square

#A8A2B4 #B4A2A5 #AEB4A2 #A2B4B1

split-complementary

#A8A2B4 #B4B1A2 #A5B4A2

monochromatic

#6A627A #888099 #A8A2B4 #C8C4CF #E7E6EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#A8A2B4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.49

#A8A2B4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A2B4

8.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A2B4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A2B4	1.00	2.47	8.49	8.49
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FA5B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0A5B3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A6A4A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a2b4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 162, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.027 300.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1bdca',
    500: '#a8a2b4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a2b4;
$custom-light: #c1bdca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a2b4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260,
    "s": 10.714,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72299,
    "c": 0.02656,
    "h": 300.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.37461
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A2B4

secondary

#DADCD6

accent

#95517E

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F7F6F8

border

#D0D0D1

text

#121213

muted

#818182

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A2B4

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

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