#A18ABA#A18ABA

#A18ABA is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.293; OKLCH L 67.1% C 0.074 H 306.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A18ABA
RGB	rgb(161, 138, 186)
HSL	hsl(269, 26%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(269, 26%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.4%, 25.8%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.05, 18.08, -21.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.05, 28.36, 309.60°)
OKLab	oklab(67.12% 0.0439 -0.0597)
OKLCH	oklch(67.12% 0.074 306.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.6477, 29.2994, 50.3803)
Luminance	0.2930 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A18ABA #A3BA8A

analogous

#8A8BBA #A18ABA #B98ABA

triadic

#A18ABA #BAA18A #8ABAA1

tetradic

#A18ABA #BA8A8B #A3BA8A #8ABAB9

square

#A18ABA #BA8A8B #A3BA8A #8ABAB9

split-complementary

#A18ABA #BAB98A #8BBA8A

monochromatic

#644B7F #8264A3 #A18ABA #C0B0D1 #DFD7E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.06

#A18ABA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.86

#A18ABA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A18ABA

6.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A18ABA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A18ABA	1.00	3.06	6.86	6.86
#FFFFFF	3.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8192BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8694B9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9E919B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a18aba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 138, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.1% 0.074 306.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdacce',
    500: '#a18aba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a18aba;
$custom-light: #bdacce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a18aba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.75,
    "s": 25.806,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67119,
    "c": 0.07407,
    "h": 306.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.29299
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A18ABA

secondary

#D0D8C7

accent

#A44175

background

#FBFAFC

surface

#F6F4F9

border

#D0CED2

text

#121013

muted

#817F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #A18ABA

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

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