#A8A2C8#A8A2C8

#A8A2C8 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.055 H 292.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A2C8
RGB	rgb(168, 162, 200)
HSL	hsl(249, 26%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(249, 19%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(16%, 19%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.27, 9.88, -18.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.27, 21.09, 297.93°)
OKLab	oklab(73.02% 0.0207 -0.0507)
OKLCH	oklch(73.02% 0.055 292.2)
XYZ	xyz(39.4918, 38.3353, 59.9513)
Luminance	0.3834 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A2C8 #C2C8A2

analogous

#A2AFC8 #A8A2C8 #BBA2C8

triadic

#A8A2C8 #C8A8A2 #A2C8A8

tetradic

#A8A2C8 #C8A2AF #C2C8A2 #A2C8BB

square

#A8A2C8 #C8A2AF #C2C8A2 #A2C8BB

split-complementary

#A8A2C8 #C8BBA2 #AFC8A2

monochromatic

#635997 #847CB1 #A8A2C8 #CCC8DF #EDECF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#A8A2C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.67

#A8A2C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A2C8

8.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A2C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A2C8	1.00	2.42	8.67	8.67
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AA7CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AA6C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A2A8AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a2c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 162, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.055 292.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2bdd8',
    500: '#a8a2c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a2c8;
$custom-light: #c2bdd8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a2c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 249.474,
    "s": 25.676,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73015,
    "c": 0.0548,
    "h": 292.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38336
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A2C8

secondary

#E6E8DE

accent

#A44195

background

#FBFBFD

surface

#F7F6FA

border

#D0D0D3

text

#121214

muted

#818183

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A2C8

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

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