#A08CA6#A08CA6

#A08CA6 is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.290; OKLCH L 66.7% C 0.044 H 318.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A08CA6
RGB	rgb(160, 140, 166)
HSL	hsl(286, 13%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(286, 16%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.6%, 15.7%, 0%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.77, 12.38, -10.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.77, 16.52, 318.55°)
OKLab	oklab(66.65% 0.033 -0.0293)
OKLCH	oklch(66.65% 0.044 318.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.7572, 28.9833, 40.0430)
Luminance	0.2898 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A08CA6 #92A68C

analogous

#938CA6 #A08CA6 #A68C9F

triadic

#A08CA6 #A6A08C #8CA6A0

tetradic

#A08CA6 #A6938C #92A68C #8C9FA6

square

#A08CA6 #A6938C #92A68C #8C9FA6

split-complementary

#A08CA6 #9FA68C #8CA693

monochromatic

#625067 #836B8A #A08CA6 #BDAFC1 #D9D1DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.09

#A08CA6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.80

#A08CA6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A08CA6

6.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A08CA6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A08CA6	1.00	3.09	6.80	6.80
#FFFFFF	3.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8991A7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D93A5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A08F95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a08ca6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 140, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.7% 0.044 318.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcadc0',
    500: '#a08ca6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a08ca6;
$custom-light: #bcadc0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a08ca6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.154,
    "s": 12.745,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66652,
    "c": 0.04416,
    "h": 318.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.28983
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A08CA6

secondary

#C4CCC2

accent

#B67282

background

#FBFAFB

surface

#F6F4F7

border

#D0CED0

text

#121012

muted

#817F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #A08CA6

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

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