#A8A3BE#A8A3BE

#A8A3BE is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.039 H 293.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A3BE
RGB	rgb(168, 163, 190)
HSL	hsl(251, 17%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(251, 14%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.6%, 14.2%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.19, 7.16, -13.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.19, 15.02, 298.49°)
OKLab	oklab(72.85% 0.0158 -0.0357)
OKLCH	oklch(72.85% 0.039 293.9)
XYZ	xyz(38.5380, 38.2367, 54.0553)
Luminance	0.3824 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A3BE #B9BEA3

analogous

#A3ACBE #A8A3BE #B6A3BE

triadic

#A8A3BE #BEA8A3 #A3BEA8

tetradic

#A8A3BE #BEA3AC #B9BEA3 #A3BEB6

square

#A8A3BE #BEA3AC #B9BEA3 #A3BEB6

split-complementary

#A8A3BE #BEB6A3 #ACBEA3

monochromatic

#675F87 #867FA5 #A8A3BE #CAC7D7 #ECEBF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#A8A3BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.65

#A8A3BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A3BE

8.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A3BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A3BE	1.00	2.43	8.65	8.65
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EA7BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EA6BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A4A7AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a3be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 163, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.039 293.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2bed1',
    500: '#a8a3be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a3be;
$custom-light: #c2bed1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a3be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.111,
    "s": 17.197,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72849,
    "c": 0.03902,
    "h": 293.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38237
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A3BE

secondary

#E1E2DA

accent

#9B4A8C

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F7F6F9

border

#D0D0D2

text

#121214

muted

#818182

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A3BE

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

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