#A8A4BC#A8A4BC

#A8A4BC is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.035 H 293.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A4BC
RGB	rgb(168, 164, 188)
HSL	hsl(250, 15%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(250, 13%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.6%, 12.8%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.39, 6.19, -11.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.39, 13.32, 297.69°)
OKLab	oklab(72.98% 0.0136 -0.0318)
OKLCH	oklch(72.98% 0.035 293.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.4992, 38.5064, 52.9714)
Luminance	0.3851 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A4BC #B8BCA4

analogous

#A4ACBC #A8A4BC #B4A4BC

triadic

#A8A4BC #BCA8A4 #A4BCA8

tetradic

#A8A4BC #BCA4AC #B8BCA4 #A4BCB4

square

#A8A4BC #BCA4AC #B8BCA4 #A4BCB4

split-complementary

#A8A4BC #BCB4A4 #ACBCA4

monochromatic

#676184 #8681A2 #A8A4BC #CAC7D6 #EBEAF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#A8A4BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.70

#A8A4BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A4BC

8.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A4BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A4BC	1.00	2.41	8.70	8.70
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FA7BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FA6BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A4A8AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a4bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 164, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.035 293.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2bfd0',
    500: '#a8a4bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a4bc;
$custom-light: #c2bfd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a4bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250,
    "s": 15.19,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72982,
    "c": 0.0346,
    "h": 293.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38507
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A4BC

secondary

#E0E1DA

accent

#994C8D

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F7F6F9

border

#D0D0D2

text

#121214

muted

#818182

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A4BC

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

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