#A8A2C0#A8A2C0

#A8A2C0 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.043 H 294.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A2C0
RGB	rgb(168, 162, 192)
HSL	hsl(252, 19%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(252, 16%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.5%, 15.6%, 0%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.00, 8.15, -14.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.00, 16.72, 299.15°)
OKLab	oklab(72.72% 0.018 -0.0395)
OKLCH	oklch(72.72% 0.043 294.5)
XYZ	xyz(38.5813, 37.9711, 55.1555)
Luminance	0.3797 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A2C0 #BAC0A2

analogous

#A2ABC0 #A8A2C0 #B7A2C0

triadic

#A8A2C0 #C0A8A2 #A2C0A8

tetradic

#A8A2C0 #C0A2AB #BAC0A2 #A2C0B7

square

#A8A2C0 #C0A2AB #BAC0A2 #A2C0B7

split-complementary

#A8A2C0 #C0B7A2 #ABC0A2

monochromatic

#665E8A #867EA7 #A8A2C0 #CAC6D9 #ECEBF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#A8A2C0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.59

#A8A2C0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A2C0

8.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A2C0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A2C0	1.00	2.44	8.59	8.59
#FFFFFF	2.44	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)

#9CA6C1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CA5BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A4A6AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a2c0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 162, 192);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.043 294.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2bdd3',
    500: '#a8a2c0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a2c0;
$custom-light: #c2bdd3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a2c0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 192
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252,
    "s": 19.231,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72719,
    "c": 0.04343,
    "h": 294.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.37971
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A2C0

secondary

#E1E3DB

accent

#9E488C

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F7F6F9

border

#D0D0D2

text

#121214

muted

#818182

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A2C0

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

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