#A08BDB#A08BDB

#A08BDB is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.311; OKLCH L 68.7% C 0.117 H 295.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A08BDB
RGB	rgb(160, 139, 219)
HSL	hsl(256, 53%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(256, 37%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.9%, 36.5%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.55, 24.89, -38.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.55, 45.47, 303.18°)
OKLab	oklab(68.7% 0.0499 -0.106)
OKLCH	oklch(68.7% 0.117 295.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.5129, 31.0529, 71.0742)
Luminance	0.3105 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A08BDB #C6DB8B

analogous

#8B9EDB #A08BDB #C88BDB

triadic

#A08BDB #DBA08B #8BDBA0

tetradic

#A08BDB #DB8B9E #C6DB8B #8BDBC8

square

#A08BDB #DB8B9E #C6DB8B #8BDBC8

split-complementary

#A08BDB #DBC88B #9EDB8B

monochromatic

#5838B4 #7A5CCD #A08BDB #C6BAE9 #ECE8F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.91

#A08BDB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.21

#A08BDB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A08BDB

7.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A08BDB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A08BDB	1.00	2.91	7.21	7.21
#FFFFFF	2.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7698DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7996D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9499A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a08bdb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 139, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.7% 0.117 295.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdade6',
    500: '#a08bdb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a08bdb;
$custom-light: #bdade6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a08bdb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.75,
    "s": 52.632,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68696,
    "c": 0.11712,
    "h": 295.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.31053
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A08BDB

secondary

#E6ECD6

accent

#C02597

background

#FBFAFE

surface

#F7F4FC

border

#D0CED5

text

#121016

muted

#817F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A08BDB

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

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