#A8A0BE#A8A0BE

#A8A0BE is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.372; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.044 H 297.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A0BE
RGB	rgb(168, 160, 190)
HSL	hsl(256, 19%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(256, 16%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.6%, 15.8%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.41, 8.83, -14.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.41, 16.87, 301.57°)
OKLab	oklab(72.24% 0.0202 -0.0389)
OKLCH	oklch(72.24% 0.044 297.5)
XYZ	xyz(38.0117, 37.1840, 53.8799)
Luminance	0.3718 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A0BE #B6BEA0

analogous

#A0A7BE #A8A0BE #B7A0BE

triadic

#A8A0BE #BEA8A0 #A0BEA8

tetradic

#A8A0BE #BEA0A7 #B6BEA0 #A0BEB7

square

#A8A0BE #BEA0A7 #B6BEA0 #A0BEB7

split-complementary

#A8A0BE #BEB7A0 #A7BEA0

monochromatic

#685C87 #877CA5 #A8A0BE #C9C4D7 #EBE9F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#A8A0BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.44

#A8A0BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A0BE

8.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A0BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A0BE	1.00	2.49	8.44	8.44
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AA4BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BA4BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A4A4AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a0be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 160, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.044 297.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2bcd1',
    500: '#a8a0be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a0be;
$custom-light: #c2bcd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a0be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256,
    "s": 18.75,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72242,
    "c": 0.04383,
    "h": 297.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.37184
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A0BE

secondary

#DFE1D8

accent

#9D4886

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F7F6F9

border

#D0D0D2

text

#121214

muted

#818182

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A0BE

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

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