#A8A3BB#A8A3BB

#A8A3BB is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.035 H 295.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A3BB
RGB	rgb(168, 163, 187)
HSL	hsl(253, 15%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(253, 13%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.2%, 12.8%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.10, 6.53, -11.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.10, 13.38, 299.23°)
OKLab	oklab(72.74% 0.0147 -0.0315)
OKLCH	oklch(72.74% 0.035 295.1)
XYZ	xyz(38.2135, 38.1069, 52.3462)
Luminance	0.3811 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A3BB #B6BBA3

analogous

#A3AABB #A8A3BB #B4A3BB

triadic

#A8A3BB #BBA8A3 #A3BBA8

tetradic

#A8A3BB #BBA3AA #B6BBA3 #A3BBB4

square

#A8A3BB #BBA3AA #B6BBA3 #A3BBB4

split-complementary

#A8A3BB #BBB4A3 #AABBA3

monochromatic

#686183 #8780A1 #A8A3BB #C9C6D5 #EBE9EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#A8A3BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.62

#A8A3BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A3BB

8.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A3BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A3BB	1.00	2.44	8.62	8.62
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EA6BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FA6BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A5A6AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a3bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 163, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.035 295.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2becf',
    500: '#a8a3bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a3bb;
$custom-light: #c2becf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a3bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.5,
    "s": 15,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72743,
    "c": 0.03476,
    "h": 295.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.38107
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A3BB

secondary

#DFE0D9

accent

#994C89

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F7F6F9

border

#D0D0D2

text

#121213

muted

#818182

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A3BB

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

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