#A08BCD#A08BCD

#A08BCD is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.303; OKLCH L 68.0% C 0.098 H 298.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A08BCD
RGB	rgb(160, 139, 205)
HSL	hsl(259, 40%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(259, 32%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(22%, 32.2%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.95, 21.52, -31.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.95, 37.87, 304.62°)
OKLab	oklab(68.04% 0.0466 -0.0862)
OKLCH	oklch(68.04% 0.098 298.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.7468, 30.3464, 61.7726)
Luminance	0.3035 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A08BCD #B8CD8B

analogous

#8B97CD #A08BCD #C18BCD

triadic

#A08BCD #CDA08B #8BCDA0

tetradic

#A08BCD #CD8B97 #B8CD8B #8BCDC1

square

#A08BCD #CD8B97 #B8CD8B #8BCDC1

split-complementary

#A08BCD #CDC18B #97CD8B

monochromatic

#5F439B #7D60BB #A08BCD #C3B6DF #E6E1F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.97

#A08BCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.07

#A08BCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A08BCD

7.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A08BCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A08BCD	1.00	2.97	7.07	7.07
#FFFFFF	2.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C96D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F95CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9896A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a08bcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 139, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.0% 0.098 298.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdaddc',
    500: '#a08bcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a08bcd;
$custom-light: #bdaddc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a08bcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.091,
    "s": 39.759,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6804,
    "c": 0.09793,
    "h": 298.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.30347
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A08BCD

secondary

#DEE4D0

accent

#B3338A

background

#FBFAFD

surface

#F6F4FB

border

#D0CED4

text

#121015

muted

#817F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A08BCD

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

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