#A08BB5#A08BB5

#A08BB5 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.293; OKLCH L 67.0% C 0.065 H 307.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A08BB5
RGB	rgb(160, 139, 181)
HSL	hsl(270, 22%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(270, 23%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.6%, 23.2%, 0%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.02, 16.09, -19.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.02, 24.94, 310.16°)
OKLab	oklab(67.02% 0.0396 -0.0519)
OKLCH	oklch(67.02% 0.065 307.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.0688, 29.2752, 47.6683)
Luminance	0.2928 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A08BB5 #A0B58B

analogous

#8B8BB5 #A08BB5 #B58BB5

triadic

#A08BB5 #B5A08B #8BB5A0

tetradic

#A08BB5 #B58B8B #A0B58B #8BB5B5

square

#A08BB5 #B58B8B #A0B58B #8BB5B5

split-complementary

#A08BB5 #B5B58B #8BB58B

monochromatic

#634D79 #81669D #A08BB5 #BFB0CD #DDD6E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.06

#A08BB5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.86

#A08BB5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A08BB5

6.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A08BB5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A08BB5	1.00	3.06	6.86	6.86
#FFFFFF	3.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8492B7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8894B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D9099

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a08bb5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 139, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.0% 0.065 307.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcadcb',
    500: '#a08bb5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a08bb5;
$custom-light: #bcadcb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a08bb5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 22.105,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6702,
    "c": 0.06528,
    "h": 307.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.29275
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A08BB5

secondary

#CED5C6

accent

#A14573

background

#FBFAFC

surface

#F6F4F8

border

#D0CED1

text

#121013

muted

#817F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #A08BB5

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

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