#A8A2BB#A8A2BB

#A8A2BB is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.036 H 296.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A2BB
RGB	rgb(168, 162, 187)
HSL	hsl(254, 16%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(254, 13%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.2%, 13.4%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.84, 7.09, -12.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.84, 14.00, 300.43°)
OKLab	oklab(72.54% 0.0162 -0.0325)
OKLCH	oklch(72.54% 0.036 296.5)
XYZ	xyz(38.0367, 37.7532, 52.2873)
Luminance	0.3775 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A2BB #B5BBA2

analogous

#A2A8BB #A8A2BB #B4A2BB

triadic

#A8A2BB #BBA8A2 #A2BBA8

tetradic

#A8A2BB #BBA2A8 #B5BBA2 #A2BBB4

square

#A8A2BB #BBA2A8 #B5BBA2 #A2BBB4

split-complementary

#A8A2BB #BBB4A2 #A8BBA2

monochromatic

#686083 #877FA1 #A8A2BB #C9C5D5 #EAE9EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#A8A2BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.55

#A8A2BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A2BB

8.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A2BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A2BB	1.00	2.46	8.55	8.55
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DA5BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EA5BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A5A6AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a2bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 162, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.036 296.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2bdcf',
    500: '#a8a2bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a2bb;
$custom-light: #c2bdcf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a2bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.4,
    "s": 15.528,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7254,
    "c": 0.03636,
    "h": 296.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.37753
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A2BB

secondary

#DEE0D9

accent

#9A4C87

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F7F6F9

border

#D0D0D2

text

#121213

muted

#818182

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A2BB

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

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