#A8A0BC#A8A0BC

#A8A0BC is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.371; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.041 H 298.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A0BC
RGB	rgb(168, 160, 188)
HSL	hsl(257, 17%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(257, 15%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.6%, 14.9%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.35, 8.41, -13.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.35, 15.79, 302.19°)
OKLab	oklab(72.17% 0.0195 -0.0361)
OKLCH	oklch(72.17% 0.041 298.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.7946, 37.0972, 52.7366)
Luminance	0.3710 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A0BC #B4BCA0

analogous

#A0A6BC #A8A0BC #B6A0BC

triadic

#A8A0BC #BCA8A0 #A0BCA8

tetradic

#A8A0BC #BCA0A6 #B4BCA0 #A0BCB6

square

#A8A0BC #BCA0A6 #B4BCA0 #A0BCB6

split-complementary

#A8A0BC #BCB6A0 #A6BCA0

monochromatic

#685D84 #877CA3 #A8A0BC #C9C4D5 #EAE8EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#A8A0BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.42

#A8A0BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A0BC

8.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A0BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A0BC	1.00	2.49	8.42	8.42
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BA4BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CA4BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A5A4A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a0bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 160, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.041 298.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2bcd0',
    500: '#a8a0bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a0bc;
$custom-light: #c2bcd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a0bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.143,
    "s": 17.284,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7217,
    "c": 0.04103,
    "h": 298.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.37097
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A0BC

secondary

#DEE0D8

accent

#9C4A84

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F7F6F9

border

#D0D0D2

text

#121214

muted

#818182

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A0BC

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

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