#A8A4B4#A8A4B4

#A8A4B4 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.023 H 297.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A4B4
RGB	rgb(168, 164, 180)
HSL	hsl(255, 10%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(255, 9%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.7%, 8.9%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.15, 4.54, -7.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.15, 8.96, 300.48°)
OKLab	oklab(72.71% 0.0107 -0.0207)
OKLCH	oklch(72.71% 0.023 297.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.6606, 38.1710, 48.5548)
Luminance	0.3817 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A4B4 #B0B4A4

analogous

#A4A8B4 #A8A4B4 #B0A4B4

triadic

#A8A4B4 #B4A8A4 #A4B4A8

tetradic

#A8A4B4 #B4A4A8 #B0B4A4 #A4B4B0

square

#A8A4B4 #B4A4A8 #B0B4A4 #A4B4B0

split-complementary

#A8A4B4 #B4B0A4 #A8B4A4

monochromatic

#696479 #888298 #A8A4B4 #C8C6D0 #E8E7EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#A8A4B4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.63

#A8A4B4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A4B4

8.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A4B4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A4B4	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)

#A1A6B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2A6B3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A6A6A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a4b4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 164, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.023 297.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1bfca',
    500: '#a8a4b4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a4b4;
$custom-light: #c1bfca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a4b4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255,
    "s": 9.639,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72709,
    "c": 0.02326,
    "h": 297.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38171
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A4B4

secondary

#DBDCD7

accent

#945283

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F7F6F8

border

#D0D0D1

text

#121213

muted

#818182

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A4B4

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

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