#A08A9E#A08A9E

#A08A9E is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.281; OKLCH L 66.0% C 0.039 H 328.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A08A9E
RGB	rgb(160, 138, 158)
HSL	hsl(305, 10%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(305, 14%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.8%, 1.2%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.00, 11.94, -7.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.00, 14.11, 327.77°)
OKLab	oklab(65.97% 0.0332 -0.02)
OKLCH	oklch(65.97% 0.039 328.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.7565, 28.1197, 36.2012)
Luminance	0.2812 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A08A9E #8AA08C

analogous

#978AA0 #A08A9E #A08A93

triadic

#A08A9E #9EA08A #8A9EA0

tetradic

#A08A9E #A0978A #8AA08C #8A93A0

square

#A08A9E #A0978A #8AA08C #8A93A0

split-complementary

#A08A9E #93A08A #8AA097

monochromatic

#614F5F #836A80 #A08A9E #BBACBA #D7CED6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.17

#A08A9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.62

#A08A9E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A08A9E

6.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A08A9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A08A9E	1.00	3.17	6.62	6.62
#FFFFFF	3.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#898F9F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E929D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A28B91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a08a9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 138, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.0% 0.039 328.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcacba',
    500: '#a08a9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a08a9e;
$custom-light: #bcacba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a08a9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 305.455,
    "s": 10.377,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65971,
    "c": 0.03878,
    "h": 328.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.28119
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A08A9E

secondary

#BFC7BF

accent

#B37A74

background

#FBFAFB

surface

#F6F4F6

border

#D0CED0

text

#121011

muted

#817F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #A08A9E

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

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