#A0809B#A0809B

#A0809B is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.253; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.055 H 331.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A0809B
RGB	rgb(160, 128, 155)
HSL	hsl(309, 14%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(309, 20%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20%, 3.1%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.35, 17.07, -9.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.35, 19.66, 330.24°)
OKLab	oklab(63.89% 0.048 -0.026)
OKLCH	oklch(63.89% 0.055 331.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.1322, 25.2792, 34.4014)
Luminance	0.2528 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A0809B #80A085

analogous

#9580A0 #A0809B #A0808B

triadic

#A0809B #9BA080 #809BA0

tetradic

#A0809B #A09580 #80A085 #808BA0

square

#A0809B #A09580 #80A085 #808BA0

split-complementary

#A0809B #8BA080 #80A095

monochromatic

#5F475B #82617D #A0809B #BAA3B7 #D4C6D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.47

#A0809B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.06

#A0809B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A0809B

6.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A0809B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A0809B	1.00	3.47	6.06	6.06
#FFFFFF	3.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F879C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#868B9A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A38289

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a0809b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 128, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.055 331.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bca5b8',
    500: '#a0809b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a0809b;
$custom-light: #bca5b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a0809b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 128,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 309.375,
    "s": 14.414,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63889,
    "c": 0.0546,
    "h": 331.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.25278
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A0809B

secondary

#B7C4B9

accent

#B77C71

background

#FBFAFB

surface

#F6F4F6

border

#D0CED0

text

#120F11

muted

#817F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #A0809B

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

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