#A08EA0#A08EA0

#A08EA0 is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.294; OKLCH L 66.8% C 0.033 H 325.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A08EA0
RGB	rgb(160, 142, 160)
HSL	hsl(300, 9%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(300, 11%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.2%, 0%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.10, 10.06, -7.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.10, 12.27, 325.05°)
OKLab	oklab(66.85% 0.0277 -0.0187)
OKLCH	oklch(66.85% 0.033 325.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.5145, 29.3580, 37.3101)
Luminance	0.2936 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A08EA0 #8EA08E

analogous

#978EA0 #A08EA0 #A08E97

triadic

#A08EA0 #A0A08E #8EA0A0

tetradic

#A08EA0 #A0978E #8EA08E #8E97A0

square

#A08EA0 #A0978E #8EA08E #8E97A0

split-complementary

#A08EA0 #97A08E #8EA097

monochromatic

#625262 #836E83 #A08EA0 #BCAFBC #D8D0D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.06

#A08EA0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.87

#A08EA0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A08EA0

6.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A08EA0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A08EA0	1.00	3.06	6.87	6.87
#FFFFFF	3.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D92A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91949F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A18F94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a08ea0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 142, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.8% 0.033 325.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcafbc',
    500: '#a08ea0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a08ea0;
$custom-light: #bcafbc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a08ea0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 8.654,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66845,
    "c": 0.03341,
    "h": 325.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.29358
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A08EA0

secondary

#C1C8C1

accent

#B27676

background

#FBFAFB

surface

#F6F4F6

border

#D0CED0

text

#121012

muted

#817F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #A08EA0

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

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