#A08EAE#A08EAE

#A08EAE is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.299; OKLCH L 67.3% C 0.051 H 310.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A08EAE
RGB	rgb(160, 142, 174)
HSL	hsl(274, 16%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(274, 18%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(8%, 18.4%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.55, 12.89, -14.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.55, 19.25, 312.02°)
OKLab	oklab(67.34% 0.0327 -0.0386)
OKLCH	oklch(67.34% 0.051 310.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.8089, 29.8758, 44.1271)
Luminance	0.2988 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A08EAE #9CAE8E

analogous

#908EAE #A08EAE #AE8EAC

triadic

#A08EAE #AEA08E #8EAEA0

tetradic

#A08EAE #AE908E #9CAE8E #8EACAE

square

#A08EAE #AE908E #9CAE8E #8EACAE

split-complementary

#A08EAE #ACAE8E #8EAE90

monochromatic

#635171 #826A94 #A08EAE #BEB2C8 #DCD5E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.01

#A08EAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.98

#A08EAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A08EAE

6.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A08EAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A08EAE	1.00	3.01	6.98	6.98
#FFFFFF	3.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8994AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D95AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9F9299

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a08eae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 142, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.3% 0.051 310.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcafc6',
    500: '#a08eae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a08eae;
$custom-light: #bcafc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a08eae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.75,
    "s": 16.495,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67344,
    "c": 0.05063,
    "h": 310.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.29876
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A08EAE

secondary

#CBD2C6

accent

#9B4B6E

background

#FBFAFC

surface

#F6F4F8

border

#D0CED1

text

#121013

muted

#817F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #A08EAE

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

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