#A8A3BF#A8A3BF

#A8A3BF is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.040 H 293.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A3BF
RGB	rgb(168, 163, 191)
HSL	hsl(251, 18%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(251, 15%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(12%, 14.7%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.23, 7.38, -13.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.23, 15.57, 298.29°)
OKLab	oklab(72.89% 0.0162 -0.0371)
OKLCH	oklch(72.89% 0.04 293.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.6477, 38.2806, 54.6329)
Luminance	0.3828 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A3BF #BABFA3

analogous

#A3ACBF #A8A3BF #B6A3BF

triadic

#A8A3BF #BFA8A3 #A3BFA8

tetradic

#A8A3BF #BFA3AC #BABFA3 #A3BFB6

square

#A8A3BF #BFA3AC #BABFA3 #A3BFB6

split-complementary

#A8A3BF #BFB6A3 #ACBFA3

monochromatic

#665F89 #867FA6 #A8A3BF #CAC7D8 #ECEBF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#A8A3BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.66

#A8A3BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A3BF

8.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A3BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A3BF	1.00	2.43	8.66	8.66
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DA7C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EA6BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A4A7AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a3bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 163, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.040 293.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2bed2',
    500: '#a8a3bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a3bf;
$custom-light: #c2bed2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a3bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.714,
    "s": 17.949,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72885,
    "c": 0.04043,
    "h": 293.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.38281
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A3BF

secondary

#E1E3DB

accent

#9C498D

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F7F6F9

border

#D0D0D2

text

#121214

muted

#818182

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A3BF

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

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