#A08BB4#A08BB4

#A08BB4 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.292; OKLCH L 67.0% C 0.064 H 307.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A08BB4
RGB	rgb(160, 139, 180)
HSL	hsl(271, 21%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(271, 23%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.1%, 22.8%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.99, 15.87, -18.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.99, 24.41, 310.55°)
OKLab	oklab(66.98% 0.0393 -0.0504)
OKLCH	oklch(66.98% 0.064 307.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.9666, 29.2343, 47.1299)
Luminance	0.2923 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A08BB4 #9FB48B

analogous

#8C8BB4 #A08BB4 #B48BB3

triadic

#A08BB4 #B4A08B #8BB4A0

tetradic

#A08BB4 #B48C8B #9FB48B #8BB3B4

square

#A08BB4 #B48C8B #9FB48B #8BB3B4

split-complementary

#A08BB4 #B3B48B #8BB48C

monochromatic

#634D77 #82669C #A08BB4 #BEB0CC #DDD5E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.07

#A08BB4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.85

#A08BB4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A08BB4

6.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A08BB4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A08BB4	1.00	3.07	6.85	6.85
#FFFFFF	3.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8492B6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8893B3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9E9099

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a08bb4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 139, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.0% 0.064 307.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcadca',
    500: '#a08bb4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a08bb4;
$custom-light: #bcadca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a08bb4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.732,
    "s": 21.466,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66981,
    "c": 0.06394,
    "h": 307.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.29234
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A08BB4

secondary

#CDD5C6

accent

#A04672

background

#FBFAFC

surface

#F6F4F8

border

#D0CED1

text

#121013

muted

#817F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #A08BB4

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

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