#A8A2BF#A8A2BF

#A8A2BF is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.379; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.042 H 294.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A2BF
RGB	rgb(168, 162, 191)
HSL	hsl(252, 18%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(252, 15%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(12%, 15.2%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.97, 7.93, -14.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.97, 16.18, 299.36°)
OKLab	oklab(72.68% 0.0176 -0.0381)
OKLCH	oklch(72.68% 0.042 294.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.4708, 37.9269, 54.5740)
Luminance	0.3793 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A2BF #B9BFA2

analogous

#A2ABBF #A8A2BF #B7A2BF

triadic

#A8A2BF #BFA8A2 #A2BFA8

tetradic

#A8A2BF #BFA2AB #B9BFA2 #A2BFB7

square

#A8A2BF #BFA2AB #B9BFA2 #A2BFB7

split-complementary

#A8A2BF #BFB7A2 #ABBFA2

monochromatic

#675E89 #867EA6 #A8A2BF #CAC6D8 #ECEBF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#A8A2BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.59

#A8A2BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A2BF

8.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A2BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A2BF	1.00	2.45	8.59	8.59
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CA6C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DA5BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A4A6AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a2bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 162, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.042 294.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2bdd2',
    500: '#a8a2bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a2bf;
$custom-light: #c2bdd2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a2bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.414,
    "s": 18.471,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72682,
    "c": 0.04202,
    "h": 294.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.37927
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A2BF

secondary

#E1E3DA

accent

#9D498B

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F7F6F9

border

#D0D0D2

text

#121214

muted

#818182

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A2BF

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

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