#A8A2BA#A8A2BA

#A8A2BA is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.035 H 297.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A2BA
RGB	rgb(168, 162, 186)
HSL	hsl(255, 15%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(255, 13%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.7%, 12.9%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.81, 6.88, -11.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.81, 13.45, 300.76°)
OKLab	oklab(72.51% 0.0159 -0.0311)
OKLCH	oklch(72.51% 0.035 297)
XYZ	xyz(37.9300, 37.7106, 51.7255)
Luminance	0.3771 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A2BA #B4BAA2

analogous

#A2A8BA #A8A2BA #B4A2BA

triadic

#A8A2BA #BAA8A2 #A2BAA8

tetradic

#A8A2BA #BAA2A8 #B4BAA2 #A2BAB4

square

#A8A2BA #BAA2A8 #B4BAA2 #A2BAB4

split-complementary

#A8A2BA #BAB4A2 #A8BAA2

monochromatic

#686082 #877FA0 #A8A2BA #C9C5D4 #EAE8EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#A8A2BA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.54

#A8A2BA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A2BA

8.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A2BA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A2BA	1.00	2.46	8.54	8.54
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DA5BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EA5B9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A5A5AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a2ba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 162, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.035 297.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2bdce',
    500: '#a8a2ba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a2ba;
$custom-light: #c2bdce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a2ba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255,
    "s": 14.815,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72505,
    "c": 0.03495,
    "h": 297
  },
  "luminance": 0.37711
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A2BA

secondary

#DEE0D8

accent

#994C86

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F7F6F9

border

#D0D0D2

text

#121213

muted

#818182

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A2BA

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

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