#A8A0B6#A8A0B6

#A8A0B6 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.368; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.033 H 302.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A0B6
RGB	rgb(168, 160, 182)
HSL	hsl(262, 13%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(262, 12%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.7%, 12.1%, 0%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.16, 7.17, -10.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.16, 12.55, 304.82°)
OKLab	oklab(71.96% 0.0174 -0.0277)
OKLCH	oklch(71.96% 0.033 302.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.1612, 36.8438, 49.4007)
Luminance	0.3684 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A0B6 #AEB6A0

analogous

#A0A3B6 #A8A0B6 #B3A0B6

triadic

#A8A0B6 #B6A8A0 #A0B6A8

tetradic

#A8A0B6 #B6A0A3 #AEB6A0 #A0B6B3

square

#A8A0B6 #B6A0A3 #AEB6A0 #A0B6B3

split-complementary

#A8A0B6 #B6B3A0 #A3B6A0

monochromatic

#6A5F7C #887D9B #A8A0B6 #C8C3D1 #E7E5EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#A8A0B6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.37

#A8A0B6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A0B6

8.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A0B6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A0B6	1.00	2.51	8.37	8.37
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CA3B7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EA3B5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A6A3A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a0b6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 160, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.033 302.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2bccb',
    500: '#a8a0b6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a0b6;
$custom-light: #c2bccb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a0b6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.818,
    "s": 13.095,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71959,
    "c": 0.03269,
    "h": 302.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.36844
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A0B6

secondary

#DADCD5

accent

#974E7D

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F7F6F8

border

#D0D0D1

text

#121213

muted

#818182

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A0B6

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

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