#A8A2BD#A8A2BD

#A8A2BD is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.039 H 295.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A2BD
RGB	rgb(168, 162, 189)
HSL	hsl(253, 17%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(253, 14%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.1%, 14.3%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.90, 7.51, -13.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.90, 15.09, 299.85°)
OKLab	oklab(72.61% 0.0169 -0.0353)
OKLCH	oklch(72.61% 0.039 295.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.2523, 37.8395, 53.4228)
Luminance	0.3784 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A2BD #B7BDA2

analogous

#A2AABD #A8A2BD #B6A2BD

triadic

#A8A2BD #BDA8A2 #A2BDA8

tetradic

#A8A2BD #BDA2AA #B7BDA2 #A2BDB6

square

#A8A2BD #BDA2AA #B7BDA2 #A2BDB6

split-complementary

#A8A2BD #BDB6A2 #AABDA2

monochromatic

#685F86 #877EA4 #A8A2BD #C9C6D6 #EBEAF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#A8A2BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.57

#A8A2BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A2BD

8.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A2BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A2BD	1.00	2.45	8.57	8.57
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DA6BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DA5BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A4A6AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a2bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 162, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.039 295.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2bdd0',
    500: '#a8a2bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a2bd;
$custom-light: #c2bdd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a2bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.333,
    "s": 16.981,
    "l": 68.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72611,
    "c": 0.03919,
    "h": 295.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.3784
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A2BD

secondary

#E0E1D9

accent

#9B4A89

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F7F6F9

border

#D0D0D2

text

#121214

muted

#818182

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A2BD

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

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