#A8A4B6#A8A4B6

#A8A4B6 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.026 H 295.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A4B6
RGB	rgb(168, 164, 182)
HSL	hsl(253, 11%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(253, 10%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.7%, 9.9%, 0%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.21, 4.95, -8.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.21, 10.04, 299.52°)
OKLab	oklab(72.78% 0.0114 -0.0235)
OKLCH	oklch(72.78% 0.026 295.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.8658, 38.2531, 49.6356)
Luminance	0.3825 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A4B6 #B2B6A4

analogous

#A4A9B6 #A8A4B6 #B1A4B6

triadic

#A8A4B6 #B6A8A4 #A4B6A8

tetradic

#A8A4B6 #B6A4A9 #B2B6A4 #A4B6B1

square

#A8A4B6 #B6A4A9 #B2B6A4 #A4B6B1

split-complementary

#A8A4B6 #B6B1A4 #A9B6A4

monochromatic

#69647C #88829B #A8A4B6 #C8C6D1 #E9E8EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#A8A4B6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.65

#A8A4B6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A4B6

8.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A4B6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A4B6	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)

#A1A6B7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1A6B5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A6A7AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a4b6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 164, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.026 295.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1bfcb',
    500: '#a8a4b6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a4b6;
$custom-light: #c1bfcb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a4b6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.333,
    "s": 10.976,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72776,
    "c": 0.02608,
    "h": 295.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38253
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A4B6

secondary

#DCDED8

accent

#955086

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F7F6F8

border

#D0D0D1

text

#121213

muted

#818182

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A4B6

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

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