#A08BB3#A08BB3

#A08BB3 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.292; OKLCH L 66.9% C 0.063 H 308.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A08BB3
RGB	rgb(160, 139, 179)
HSL	hsl(272, 21%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(272, 22%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.6%, 22.3%, 0%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.95, 15.66, -18.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.95, 23.89, 310.95°)
OKLab	oklab(66.94% 0.039 -0.049)
OKLCH	oklch(66.94% 0.063 308.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.8651, 29.1937, 46.5953)
Luminance	0.2919 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A08BB3 #9EB38B

analogous

#8C8BB3 #A08BB3 #B38BB2

triadic

#A08BB3 #B3A08B #8BB3A0

tetradic

#A08BB3 #B38C8B #9EB38B #8BB2B3

square

#A08BB3 #B38C8B #9EB38B #8BB2B3

split-complementary

#A08BB3 #B2B38B #8BB38C

monochromatic

#634D76 #82669B #A08BB3 #BEB0CB #DDD5E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.07

#A08BB3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.84

#A08BB3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A08BB3

6.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A08BB3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A08BB3	1.00	3.07	6.84	6.84
#FFFFFF	3.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8592B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8993B2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9E9099

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a08bb3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 139, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.9% 0.063 308.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcadc9',
    500: '#a08bb3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a08bb3;
$custom-light: #bcadc9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a08bb3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.5,
    "s": 20.833,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66941,
    "c": 0.06262,
    "h": 308.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.29193
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A08BB3

secondary

#CDD4C6

accent

#9F4671

background

#FBFAFC

surface

#F6F4F8

border

#D0CED1

text

#121013

muted

#817F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #A08BB3

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

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