#A08EA1#A08EA1

#A08EA1 is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.294; OKLCH L 66.9% C 0.035 H 324.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A08EA1
RGB	rgb(160, 142, 161)
HSL	hsl(297, 9%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(297, 12%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.6%, 11.8%, 0%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.13, 10.25, -7.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.13, 12.73, 323.62°)
OKLab	oklab(66.88% 0.0281 -0.0201)
OKLCH	oklch(66.88% 0.035 324.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.6023, 29.3932, 37.7726)
Luminance	0.2939 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A08EA1 #8FA18E

analogous

#978EA1 #A08EA1 #A18E99

triadic

#A08EA1 #A1A08E #8EA1A0

tetradic

#A08EA1 #A1978E #8FA18E #8E99A1

square

#A08EA1 #A1978E #8FA18E #8E99A1

split-complementary

#A08EA1 #99A18E #8EA197

monochromatic

#625263 #836E84 #A08EA1 #BCAFBD #D8D1D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.05

#A08EA1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.88

#A08EA1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A08EA1

6.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A08EA1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A08EA1	1.00	3.05	6.88	6.88
#FFFFFF	3.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D92A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9094A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A19094

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a08ea1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 142, 161);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.9% 0.035 324.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcafbc',
    500: '#a08ea1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a08ea1;
$custom-light: #bcafbc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a08ea1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 161
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 296.842,
    "s": 9.179,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66879,
    "c": 0.03453,
    "h": 324.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.29393
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A08EA1

secondary

#C2C9C2

accent

#B27679

background

#FBFAFB

surface

#F6F4F6

border

#D0CED0

text

#121012

muted

#817F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #A08EA1

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

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