#A8A3BC#A8A3BC

#A8A3BC is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.036 H 294.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A3BC
RGB	rgb(168, 163, 188)
HSL	hsl(252, 16%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(252, 13%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.6%, 13.3%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.13, 6.74, -12.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.13, 13.93, 298.96°)
OKLab	oklab(72.78% 0.0151 -0.0329)
OKLCH	oklch(72.78% 0.036 294.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.3209, 38.1499, 52.9120)
Luminance	0.3815 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A3BC #B7BCA3

analogous

#A3ABBC #A8A3BC #B5A3BC

triadic

#A8A3BC #BCA8A3 #A3BCA8

tetradic

#A8A3BC #BCA3AB #B7BCA3 #A3BCB5

square

#A8A3BC #BCA3AB #B7BCA3 #A3BCB5

split-complementary

#A8A3BC #BCB5A3 #ABBCA3

monochromatic

#686084 #8780A2 #A8A3BC #C9C6D6 #EBEAF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#A8A3BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.63

#A8A3BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A3BC

8.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A3BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A3BC	1.00	2.43	8.63	8.63
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EA6BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FA6BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A4A7AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a3bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 163, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.036 294.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2bed0',
    500: '#a8a3bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a3bc;
$custom-light: #c2bed0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a3bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252,
    "s": 15.723,
    "l": 68.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72779,
    "c": 0.03617,
    "h": 294.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.3815
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A3BC

secondary

#E0E1DA

accent

#9A4C8A

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F7F6F9

border

#D0D0D2

text

#121214

muted

#818182

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A3BC

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

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