#A8A0CA#A8A0CA

#A8A0CA is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.061 H 293.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A0CA
RGB	rgb(168, 160, 202)
HSL	hsl(251, 28%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(251, 21%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.8%, 20.8%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.82, 11.44, -20.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.82, 23.41, 299.26°)
OKLab	oklab(72.69% 0.0243 -0.0557)
OKLCH	oklch(72.69% 0.061 293.6)
XYZ	xyz(39.3776, 37.7304, 61.0738)
Luminance	0.3773 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A0CA #C2CAA0

analogous

#A0ADCA #A8A0CA #BDA0CA

triadic

#A8A0CA #CAA8A0 #A0CAA8

tetradic

#A8A0CA #CAA0AD #C2CAA0 #A0CABD

square

#A8A0CA #CAA0AD #C2CAA0 #A0CABD

split-complementary

#A8A0CA #CABDA0 #ADCAA0

monochromatic

#63569A #8479B4 #A8A0CA #CCC7E0 #EDEBF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#A8A0CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.55

#A8A0CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A0CA

8.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A0CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A0CA	1.00	2.46	8.55	8.55
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97A6CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98A5C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A2A6AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a0ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 160, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.061 293.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2bcda',
    500: '#a8a0ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a0ca;
$custom-light: #c2bcda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a0ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.429,
    "s": 28.378,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72692,
    "c": 0.06078,
    "h": 293.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.37731
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A0CA

secondary

#E6E8DD

accent

#A73E93

background

#FBFBFD

surface

#F7F6FA

border

#D0D0D3

text

#121214

muted

#818183

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A0CA

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

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