#A08AAF

A light, muted purple closely aligning with Lightslategray.

About #A08AAF

Visually, #A08AAF is defined as a muted purple. If you're using CSS, you might find it aligns closely with Lightslategray. In the RGB color space, it consists of 160 red, 138 green, and 175 blue.

Translating this color to physical media requires the CMYK color model. To reproduce this shade on paper, a printer utilizes 9% cyan and 21% magenta inks. With a hue angle of 275.7 degrees, it sits comfortably in the purple spectrum.

When using this color as a background, text legibility must be considered. Mathematical luminance calculations suggest that #000000 text provides the most optimal reading experience. You can view the detailed AAA and AA pass/fail metrics in the table below.

Color Space Conversions

HEX#A08AAF
RGB160, 138, 175
HSL275.7°, 18.8%, 61.4%
CMYK9%, 21%, 0%, 31%
HSV275.7°, 21.1%, 68.6%
LAB60.6, 15.4, -16.4
XYZ31.3, 28.7, 44.5
Decimal10521263

Color Harmonies

Complementary

Analogous

Triadic

Tints, Shades & Tones

Tints (Adding White)

Shades (Adding Black)

WCAG Contrast Accessibility

3.11:1
Text on #FFFFFF
AA Large
6.75:1
Text on #000000
AA
2.97:1
Text on #F8FAFC
FAIL
5.74:1
Text on #0F172A
AA

CSS Implementation

.bg-color { background-color: #A08AAF; }
.text-color { color: #A08AAF; }
.border-color { border: 2px solid #A08AAF; }

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