#A8A0B0#A8A0B0

#A8A0B0 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.366; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.025 H 308.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A0B0
RGB	rgb(168, 160, 176)
HSL	hsl(270, 9%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(270, 9%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.5%, 9.1%, 0%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.98, 5.95, -7.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.98, 9.37, 309.47°)
OKLab	oklab(71.76% 0.0151 -0.0193)
OKLCH	oklch(71.76% 0.025 308.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.5544, 36.6011, 46.2048)
Luminance	0.3660 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A0B0 #A8B0A0

analogous

#A0A0B0 #A8A0B0 #B0A0B0

triadic

#A8A0B0 #B0A8A0 #A0B0A8

tetradic

#A8A0B0 #B0A0A0 #A8B0A0 #A0B0B0

square

#A8A0B0 #B0A0A0 #A8B0A0 #A0B0B0

split-complementary

#A8A0B0 #B0B0A0 #A0B0A0

monochromatic

#6B6175 #897F94 #A8A0B0 #C7C1CC #E5E3E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#A8A0B0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.32

#A8A0B0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A0B0

8.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A0B0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A0B0	1.00	2.52	8.32	8.32
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EA3B1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FA3AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A7A2A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a0b0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 160, 176);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.025 308.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1bcc7',
    500: '#a8a0b0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a0b0;
$custom-light: #c1bcc7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a0b0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 176
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 9.195,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71755,
    "c": 0.02455,
    "h": 308.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.36601
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A0B0

secondary

#D6D9D3

accent

#935273

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F7F6F8

border

#D0D0D1

text

#121213

muted

#818182

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A0B0

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

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