#A08EA5#A08EA5

#A08EA5 is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.295; OKLCH L 67.0% C 0.039 H 318.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A08EA5
RGB	rgb(160, 142, 165)
HSL	hsl(287, 11%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(287, 14%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(3%, 13.9%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.25, 11.04, -9.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.25, 14.66, 318.89°)
OKLab	oklab(67.02% 0.0295 -0.0258)
OKLCH	oklch(67.02% 0.039 318.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.9607, 29.5365, 39.6601)
Luminance	0.2954 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A08EA5 #93A58E

analogous

#948EA5 #A08EA5 #A58E9E

triadic

#A08EA5 #A5A08E #8EA5A0

tetradic

#A08EA5 #A5948E #93A58E #8E9EA5

square

#A08EA5 #A5948E #93A58E #8E9EA5

split-complementary

#A08EA5 #9EA58E #8EA594

monochromatic

#625267 #836D89 #A08EA5 #BDB0C0 #D9D2DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.04

#A08EA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.91

#A08EA5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A08EA5

6.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A08EA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A08EA5	1.00	3.04	6.91	6.91
#FFFFFF	3.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C93A6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F94A4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A09096

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a08ea5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 142, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.0% 0.039 318.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcafbf',
    500: '#a08ea5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a08ea5;
$custom-light: #bcafbf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a08ea5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.957,
    "s": 11.33,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67018,
    "c": 0.03922,
    "h": 318.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.29536
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A08EA5

secondary

#C5CCC3

accent

#95505F

background

#FBFAFB

surface

#F6F4F7

border

#D0CED0

text

#121012

muted

#817F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #A08EA5

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

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