#A8A0CD#A8A0CD

#A8A0CD is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.379; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.065 H 292.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A0CD
RGB	rgb(168, 160, 205)
HSL	hsl(251, 31%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(251, 22%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(18%, 22%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.93, 12.11, -21.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.93, 25.05, 298.92°)
OKLab	oklab(72.81% 0.0253 -0.0599)
OKLCH	oklch(72.81% 0.065 292.9)
XYZ	xyz(39.7363, 37.8739, 62.9627)
Luminance	0.3787 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A0CD #C5CDA0

analogous

#A0AFCD #A8A0CD #BFA0CD

triadic

#A8A0CD #CDA8A0 #A0CDA8

tetradic

#A8A0CD #CDA0AF #C5CDA0 #A0CDBF

square

#A8A0CD #CDA0AF #C5CDA0 #A0CDBF

split-complementary

#A8A0CD #CDBFA0 #AFCDA0

monochromatic

#61549F #8378B8 #A8A0CD #CDC8E2 #EDEBF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#A8A0CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.57

#A8A0CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A0CD

8.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A0CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A0CD	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)

#96A6CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96A5CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A1A7AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a0cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 160, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.065 292.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2bcdc',
    500: '#a8a0cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a0cd;
$custom-light: #c2bcdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a0cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.667,
    "s": 31.034,
    "l": 71.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7281,
    "c": 0.06503,
    "h": 292.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.37874
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A0CD

secondary

#E8EADF

accent

#AA3C96

background

#FBFBFD

surface

#F7F6FB

border

#D0D0D4

text

#121215

muted

#818183

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A0CD

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

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