#A8A0BF#A8A0BF

#A8A0BF is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.372; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.045 H 297.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A0BF
RGB	rgb(168, 160, 191)
HSL	hsl(255, 19%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(255, 16%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(12%, 16.2%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.45, 9.05, -14.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.45, 17.41, 301.30°)
OKLab	oklab(72.28% 0.0206 -0.0403)
OKLCH	oklch(72.28% 0.045 297.1)
XYZ	xyz(38.1213, 37.2279, 54.4575)
Luminance	0.3723 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A0BF #B7BFA0

analogous

#A0A8BF #A8A0BF #B8A0BF

triadic

#A8A0BF #BFA8A0 #A0BFA8

tetradic

#A8A0BF #BFA0A8 #B7BFA0 #A0BFB8

square

#A8A0BF #BFA0A8 #B7BFA0 #A0BFB8

split-complementary

#A8A0BF #BFB8A0 #A8BFA0

monochromatic

#685C89 #877BA6 #A8A0BF #C9C5D8 #EBE9F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#A8A0BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.45

#A8A0BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A0BF

8.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A0BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A0BF	1.00	2.49	8.45	8.45
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AA4C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BA4BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A4A4AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a0bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 160, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.045 297.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2bcd2',
    500: '#a8a0bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a0bf;
$custom-light: #c2bcd2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a0bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.484,
    "s": 19.497,
    "l": 68.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72278,
    "c": 0.04524,
    "h": 297.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.37228
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A0BF

secondary

#E0E2D9

accent

#9E4888

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F7F6F9

border

#D0D0D2

text

#121214

muted

#818182

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A0BF

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

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