#A8A0BB#A8A0BB

#A8A0BB is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.371; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.040 H 298.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A0BB
RGB	rgb(168, 160, 187)
HSL	hsl(258, 17%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(258, 14%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.2%, 14.4%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.32, 8.20, -12.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.32, 15.24, 302.55°)
OKLab	oklab(72.13% 0.0192 -0.0347)
OKLCH	oklch(72.13% 0.04 298.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.6872, 37.0542, 52.1708)
Luminance	0.3705 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A0BB #B3BBA0

analogous

#A0A5BB #A8A0BB #B5A0BB

triadic

#A8A0BB #BBA8A0 #A0BBA8

tetradic

#A8A0BB #BBA0A5 #B3BBA0 #A0BBB5

square

#A8A0BB #BBA0A5 #B3BBA0 #A0BBB5

split-complementary

#A8A0BB #BBB5A0 #A5BBA0

monochromatic

#695E83 #877CA1 #A8A0BB #C9C4D5 #E9E7EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#A8A0BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.41

#A8A0BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A0BB

8.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A0BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A0BB	1.00	2.50	8.41	8.41
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BA4BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CA4BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A5A4A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a0bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 160, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.040 298.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2bccf',
    500: '#a8a0bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a0bb;
$custom-light: #c2bccf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a0bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.778,
    "s": 16.564,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72134,
    "c": 0.03963,
    "h": 298.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.37054
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A0BB

secondary

#DDE0D7

accent

#9B4B83

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F7F6F9

border

#D0D0D2

text

#121213

muted

#818182

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A0BB

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

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