#A8A0CB#A8A0CB

#A8A0CB is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.062 H 293.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A0CB
RGB	rgb(168, 160, 203)
HSL	hsl(251, 29%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(251, 21%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.2%, 21.2%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.86, 11.66, -20.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.86, 23.95, 299.14°)
OKLab	oklab(72.73% 0.0246 -0.0571)
OKLCH	oklch(72.73% 0.062 293.3)
XYZ	xyz(39.4964, 37.7779, 61.6994)
Luminance	0.3778 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A0CB #C3CBA0

analogous

#A0ADCB #A8A0CB #BDA0CB

triadic

#A8A0CB #CBA8A0 #A0CBA8

tetradic

#A8A0CB #CBA0AD #C3CBA0 #A0CBBD

square

#A8A0CB #CBA0AD #C3CBA0 #A0CBBD

split-complementary

#A8A0CB #CBBDA0 #ADCBA0

monochromatic

#62559B #8478B5 #A8A0CB #CCC8E1 #EDEBF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#A8A0CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.56

#A8A0CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A0CB

8.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A0CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A0CB	1.00	2.45	8.56	8.56
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97A6CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97A5CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A1A7AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a0cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 160, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.062 293.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2bcdb',
    500: '#a8a0cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a0cb;
$custom-light: #c2bcdb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a0cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.163,
    "s": 29.252,
    "l": 71.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72731,
    "c": 0.06219,
    "h": 293.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.37778
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A0CB

secondary

#E7E9DE

accent

#A83E94

background

#FBFBFD

surface

#F7F6FA

border

#D0D0D3

text

#121215

muted

#818183

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A0CB

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

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