#A8A0CC#A8A0CC

#A8A0CC is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.064 H 293.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A0CC
RGB	rgb(168, 160, 204)
HSL	hsl(251, 30%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(251, 22%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.6%, 21.6%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.89, 11.89, -21.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.89, 24.50, 299.03°)
OKLab	oklab(72.77% 0.0249 -0.0585)
OKLCH	oklch(72.77% 0.064 293.1)
XYZ	xyz(39.6159, 37.8257, 62.3290)
Luminance	0.3783 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A0CC #C4CCA0

analogous

#A0AECC #A8A0CC #BEA0CC

triadic

#A8A0CC #CCA8A0 #A0CCA8

tetradic

#A8A0CC #CCA0AE #C4CCA0 #A0CCBE

square

#A8A0CC #CCA0AE #C4CCA0 #A0CCBE

split-complementary

#A8A0CC #CCBEA0 #AECCA0

monochromatic

#62549D #8478B7 #A8A0CC #CCC8E1 #EDEBF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#A8A0CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.57

#A8A0CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A0CC

8.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A0CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A0CC	1.00	2.45	8.57	8.57
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96A6CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97A5CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A1A7AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a0cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 160, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.064 293.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2bcdb',
    500: '#a8a0cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a0cc;
$custom-light: #c2bcdb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a0cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.909,
    "s": 30.137,
    "l": 71.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7277,
    "c": 0.06361,
    "h": 293.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.37826
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A0CC

secondary

#E8EADE

accent

#A93D95

background

#FBFBFD

surface

#F7F6FB

border

#D0D0D4

text

#121215

muted

#818183

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A0CC

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

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