#A8A4BB#A8A4BB

#A8A4BB is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.033 H 293.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A4BB
RGB	rgb(168, 164, 187)
HSL	hsl(250, 14%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(250, 12%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.2%, 12.3%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.36, 5.98, -11.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.36, 12.77, 297.92°)
OKLab	oklab(72.95% 0.0133 -0.0304)
OKLCH	oklch(72.95% 0.033 293.5)
XYZ	xyz(38.3918, 38.4634, 52.4057)
Luminance	0.3846 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A4BB #B7BBA4

analogous

#A4ACBB #A8A4BB #B4A4BB

triadic

#A8A4BB #BBA8A4 #A4BBA8

tetradic

#A8A4BB #BBA4AC #B7BBA4 #A4BBB4

square

#A8A4BB #BBA4AC #B7BBA4 #A4BBB4

split-complementary

#A8A4BB #BBB4A4 #ACBBA4

monochromatic

#686283 #8781A1 #A8A4BB #C9C7D5 #EBEAEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#A8A4BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.69

#A8A4BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A4BB

8.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A4BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A4BB	1.00	2.42	8.69	8.69
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FA7BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0A6BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A5A7AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a4bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 164, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.033 293.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2bfcf',
    500: '#a8a4bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a4bb;
$custom-light: #c2bfcf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a4bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.435,
    "s": 14.465,
    "l": 68.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72947,
    "c": 0.03317,
    "h": 293.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38464
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A4BB

secondary

#E0E1DA

accent

#994D8B

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F7F6F9

border

#D0D0D2

text

#121213

muted

#818182

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A4BB

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

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