#A08CA2#A08CA2

#A08CA2 is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.288; OKLCH L 66.5% C 0.039 H 323.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A08CA2
RGB	rgb(160, 140, 162)
HSL	hsl(295, 11%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(295, 14%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.2%, 13.6%, 0%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.64, 11.58, -8.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.64, 14.58, 322.62°)
OKLab	oklab(66.51% 0.0316 -0.0236)
OKLCH	oklch(66.51% 0.039 323.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.3960, 28.8388, 38.1406)
Luminance	0.2884 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A08CA2 #8EA28C

analogous

#958CA2 #A08CA2 #A28C99

triadic

#A08CA2 #A2A08C #8CA2A0

tetradic

#A08CA2 #A2958C #8EA28C #8C99A2

square

#A08CA2 #A2958C #8EA28C #8C99A2

split-complementary

#A08CA2 #99A28C #8CA295

monochromatic

#625063 #836C85 #A08CA2 #BCAEBD #D8D0D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.10

#A08CA2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.77

#A08CA2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A08CA2

6.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A08CA2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A08CA2	1.00	3.10	6.77	6.77
#FFFFFF	3.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A91A3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E93A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A18E93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a08ca2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 140, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.5% 0.039 323.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcadbd',
    500: '#a08ca2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a08ca2;
$custom-light: #bcadbd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a08ca2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 294.545,
    "s": 10.577,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6651,
    "c": 0.03942,
    "h": 323.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.28838
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A08CA2

secondary

#C1C9C1

accent

#B4747A

background

#FBFAFB

surface

#F6F4F6

border

#D0CED0

text

#121012

muted

#817F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #A08CA2

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

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