#A8A0C0#A8A0C0

#A8A0C0 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.373; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.047 H 296.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A0C0
RGB	rgb(168, 160, 192)
HSL	hsl(255, 20%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(255, 17%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.5%, 16.7%, 0%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.48, 9.26, -15.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.48, 17.96, 301.04°)
OKLab	oklab(72.32% 0.0209 -0.0417)
OKLCH	oklch(72.32% 0.047 296.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.2318, 37.2721, 55.0390)
Luminance	0.3727 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A0C0 #B8C0A0

analogous

#A0A8C0 #A8A0C0 #B8A0C0

triadic

#A8A0C0 #C0A8A0 #A0C0A8

tetradic

#A8A0C0 #C0A0A8 #B8C0A0 #A0C0B8

square

#A8A0C0 #C0A0A8 #B8C0A0 #A0C0B8

split-complementary

#A8A0C0 #C0B8A0 #A8C0A0

monochromatic

#675C8A #867BA8 #A8A0C0 #CAC5D8 #EBEAF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#A8A0C0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.45

#A8A0C0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A0C0

8.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A0C0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A0C0	1.00	2.48	8.45	8.45
#FFFFFF	2.48	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)

#9AA4C1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BA4BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A4A5AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a0c0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 160, 192);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.047 296.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2bcd3',
    500: '#a8a0c0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a0c0;
$custom-light: #c2bcd3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a0c0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 192
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255,
    "s": 20.253,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72315,
    "c": 0.04664,
    "h": 296.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.37272
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A0C0

secondary

#E0E3D9

accent

#9F4789

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F7F6F9

border

#D0D0D2

text

#121214

muted

#818182

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A0C0

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

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