#A8A4B2#A8A4B2

#A8A4B2 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.020 H 298.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A4B2
RGB	rgb(168, 164, 178)
HSL	hsl(257, 8%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(257, 8%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.6%, 7.9%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.09, 4.14, -6.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.09, 7.87, 301.73°)
OKLab	oklab(72.64% 0.0099 -0.0179)
OKLCH	oklch(72.64% 0.02 298.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.4583, 38.0901, 47.4896)
Luminance	0.3809 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A4B2 #AEB2A4

analogous

#A4A7B2 #A8A4B2 #AFA4B2

triadic

#A8A4B2 #B2A8A4 #A4B2A8

tetradic

#A8A4B2 #B2A4A7 #AEB2A4 #A4B2AF

square

#A8A4B2 #B2A4A7 #AEB2A4 #A4B2AF

split-complementary

#A8A4B2 #B2AFA4 #A7B2A4

monochromatic

#6A6577 #888396 #A8A4B2 #C8C5CE #E7E6EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#A8A4B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.62

#A8A4B2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A4B2

8.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A4B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A4B2	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)

#A2A6B3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2A6B2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A6A6A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a4b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 164, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.020 298.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1bfc9',
    500: '#a8a4b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a4b2;
$custom-light: #c1bfc9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a4b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.143,
    "s": 8.333,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72643,
    "c": 0.02046,
    "h": 298.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.3809
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A4B2

secondary

#DADBD7

accent

#925380

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F7F6F8

border

#D0D0D1

text

#121213

muted

#818182

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A4B2

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

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