#A8A2BE#A8A2BE

#A8A2BE is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.379; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.041 H 295.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A2BE
RGB	rgb(168, 162, 190)
HSL	hsl(253, 18%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(253, 15%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.6%, 14.7%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.93, 7.72, -13.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.93, 15.63, 299.60°)
OKLab	oklab(72.65% 0.0173 -0.0367)
OKLCH	oklch(72.65% 0.041 295.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.3612, 37.8830, 53.9964)
Luminance	0.3788 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A2BE #B8BEA2

analogous

#A2AABE #A8A2BE #B6A2BE

triadic

#A8A2BE #BEA8A2 #A2BEA8

tetradic

#A8A2BE #BEA2AA #B8BEA2 #A2BEB6

square

#A8A2BE #BEA2AA #B8BEA2 #A2BEB6

split-complementary

#A8A2BE #BEB6A2 #AABEA2

monochromatic

#675E87 #867EA5 #A8A2BE #CAC6D7 #EBEAF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#A8A2BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.58

#A8A2BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A2BE

8.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A2BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A2BE	1.00	2.45	8.58	8.58
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CA6BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DA5BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A4A6AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a2be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 162, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.041 295.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2bdd1',
    500: '#a8a2be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a2be;
$custom-light: #c2bdd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a2be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.857,
    "s": 17.722,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72646,
    "c": 0.0406,
    "h": 295.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.37883
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A2BE

secondary

#E0E2DA

accent

#9C498A

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F7F6F9

border

#D0D0D2

text

#121214

muted

#818182

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A2BE

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

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