#A08BA2#A08BA2

#A08BA2 is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.285; OKLCH L 66.3% C 0.041 H 323.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A08BA2
RGB	rgb(160, 139, 162)
HSL	hsl(295, 11%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(295, 14%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.2%, 14.2%, 0%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.38, 12.15, -9.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.38, 15.26, 322.77°)
OKLab	oklab(66.31% 0.0331 -0.0247)
OKLCH	oklch(66.31% 0.041 323.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.2505, 28.5479, 38.0921)
Luminance	0.2855 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A08BA2 #8DA28B

analogous

#958BA2 #A08BA2 #A28B99

triadic

#A08BA2 #A2A08B #8BA2A0

tetradic

#A08BA2 #A2958B #8DA28B #8B99A2

square

#A08BA2 #A2958B #8DA28B #8B99A2

split-complementary

#A08BA2 #99A28B #8BA295

monochromatic

#614F63 #836B85 #A08BA2 #BCADBD #D8CFD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.13

#A08BA2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.71

#A08BA2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A08BA2

6.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A08BA2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A08BA2	1.00	3.13	6.71	6.71
#FFFFFF	3.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8990A3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E92A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A18D93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a08ba2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 139, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.3% 0.041 323.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcadbd',
    500: '#a08ba2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a08ba2;
$custom-light: #bcadbd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a08ba2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 294.783,
    "s": 11.005,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6631,
    "c": 0.0413,
    "h": 323.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.28547
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A08BA2

secondary

#C1C9C0

accent

#B47479

background

#FBFAFB

surface

#F6F4F6

border

#D0CED0

text

#121012

muted

#817F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #A08BA2

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

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