#A8A0B8#A8A0B8

#A8A0B8 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.369; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.035 H 300.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A0B8
RGB	rgb(168, 160, 184)
HSL	hsl(260, 14%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(260, 13%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.7%, 13%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.22, 7.58, -11.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.22, 13.62, 303.79°)
OKLab	oklab(72.03% 0.0181 -0.0305)
OKLCH	oklch(72.03% 0.035 300.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.3694, 36.9271, 50.4970)
Luminance	0.3693 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A0B8 #B0B8A0

analogous

#A0A4B8 #A8A0B8 #B4A0B8

triadic

#A8A0B8 #B8A8A0 #A0B8A8

tetradic

#A8A0B8 #B8A0A4 #B0B8A0 #A0B8B4

square

#A8A0B8 #B8A0A4 #B0B8A0 #A0B8B4

split-complementary

#A8A0B8 #B8B4A0 #A4B8A0

monochromatic

#695F7F #887D9E #A8A0B8 #C8C3D2 #E8E6EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#A8A0B8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.39

#A8A0B8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A0B8

8.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A0B8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A0B8	1.00	2.50	8.39	8.39
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CA4B9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DA4B7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A6A3A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a0b8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 160, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.035 300.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2bccd',
    500: '#a8a0b8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a0b8;
$custom-light: #c2bccd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a0b8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260,
    "s": 14.458,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72028,
    "c": 0.03545,
    "h": 300.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.36927
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A0B8

secondary

#DBDED6

accent

#994D7F

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F7F6F9

border

#D0D0D2

text

#121213

muted

#818182

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A0B8

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

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