#A8A2BC#A8A2BC

#A8A2BC is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.038 H 296.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A2BC
RGB	rgb(168, 162, 188)
HSL	hsl(254, 16%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(254, 14%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.6%, 13.8%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.87, 7.30, -12.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.87, 14.54, 300.13°)
OKLab	oklab(72.58% 0.0166 -0.0339)
OKLCH	oklch(72.58% 0.038 296)
XYZ	xyz(38.1441, 37.7962, 52.8531)
Luminance	0.3780 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A2BC #B6BCA2

analogous

#A2A9BC #A8A2BC #B5A2BC

triadic

#A8A2BC #BCA8A2 #A2BCA8

tetradic

#A8A2BC #BCA2A9 #B6BCA2 #A2BCB5

square

#A8A2BC #BCA2A9 #B6BCA2 #A2BCB5

split-complementary

#A8A2BC #BCB5A2 #A9BCA2

monochromatic

#685F84 #877EA2 #A8A2BC #C9C6D6 #EBE9EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#A8A2BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.56

#A8A2BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A2BC

8.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A2BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A2BC	1.00	2.45	8.56	8.56
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DA6BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EA5BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A5A6AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a2bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 162, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.038 296.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2bdd0',
    500: '#a8a2bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a2bc;
$custom-light: #c2bdd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a2bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.846,
    "s": 16.25,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72575,
    "c": 0.03777,
    "h": 296
  },
  "luminance": 0.37796
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A2BC

secondary

#DFE1D9

accent

#9A4B88

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F7F6F9

border

#D0D0D2

text

#121214

muted

#818182

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A2BC

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

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