#A08CA0#A08CA0

#A08CA0 is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.288; OKLCH L 66.4% C 0.037 H 326.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A08CA0
RGB	rgb(160, 140, 160)
HSL	hsl(300, 10%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(300, 13%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.5%, 0%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.58, 11.19, -7.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.58, 13.64, 325.11°)
OKLab	oklab(66.44% 0.0308 -0.0208)
OKLCH	oklch(66.44% 0.037 326)
XYZ	xyz(30.2196, 28.7682, 37.2118)
Luminance	0.2877 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A08CA0 #8CA08C

analogous

#968CA0 #A08CA0 #A08C96

triadic

#A08CA0 #A0A08C #8CA0A0

tetradic

#A08CA0 #A0968C #8CA08C #8C96A0

square

#A08CA0 #A0968C #8CA08C #8C96A0

split-complementary

#A08CA0 #96A08C #8CA096

monochromatic

#615061 #836C83 #A08CA0 #BCAEBC #D7CFD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.11

#A08CA0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.75

#A08CA0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A08CA0

6.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A08CA0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A08CA0	1.00	3.11	6.75	6.75
#FFFFFF	3.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B91A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F939F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A18E93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a08ca0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 140, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.4% 0.037 326.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcadbc',
    500: '#a08ca0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a08ca0;
$custom-light: #bcadbc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a08ca0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 9.524,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66441,
    "c": 0.03717,
    "h": 326
  },
  "luminance": 0.28768
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A08CA0

secondary

#C0C8C0

accent

#B37575

background

#FBFAFB

surface

#F6F4F6

border

#D0CED0

text

#121012

muted

#817F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #A08CA0

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

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