#A08EA9#A08EA9

#A08EA9 is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.297; OKLCH L 67.2% C 0.044 H 314.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A08EA9
RGB	rgb(160, 142, 169)
HSL	hsl(280, 14%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(280, 16%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.3%, 16%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.38, 11.85, -11.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.38, 16.67, 315.33°)
OKLab	oklab(67.16% 0.031 -0.0315)
OKLCH	oklch(67.16% 0.044 314.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.3305, 29.6844, 41.6076)
Luminance	0.2968 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A08EA9 #97A98E

analogous

#928EA9 #A08EA9 #A98EA4

triadic

#A08EA9 #A9A08E #8EA9A0

tetradic

#A08EA9 #A9928E #97A98E #8EA4A9

square

#A08EA9 #A9928E #97A98E #8EA4A9

split-complementary

#A08EA9 #A4A98E #8EA992

monochromatic

#63526B #836C8E #A08EA9 #BDB1C3 #DAD4DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.03

#A08EA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.94

#A08EA9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A08EA9

6.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A08EA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A08EA9	1.00	3.03	6.94	6.94
#FFFFFF	3.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B93AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E95A8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A09197

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a08ea9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 142, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.2% 0.044 314.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcafc2',
    500: '#a08ea9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a08ea9;
$custom-light: #bcafc2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a08ea9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280,
    "s": 13.568,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6716,
    "c": 0.04418,
    "h": 314.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.29684
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A08EA9

secondary

#C8CEC4

accent

#984E66

background

#FBFAFB

surface

#F6F4F7

border

#D0CED0

text

#121012

muted

#817F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #A08EA9

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

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