#A18BB2#A18BB2

#A18BB2 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.293; OKLCH L 67.0% C 0.062 H 310.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A18BB2
RGB	rgb(161, 139, 178)
HSL	hsl(274, 20%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(274, 22%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.6%, 21.9%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.01, 15.78, -17.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.01, 23.47, 312.24°)
OKLab	oklab(66.99% 0.0398 -0.0471)
OKLCH	oklch(66.99% 0.062 310.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.9651, 29.2569, 46.0740)
Luminance	0.2926 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A18BB2 #9CB28B

analogous

#8E8BB2 #A18BB2 #B28BB0

triadic

#A18BB2 #B2A18B #8BB2A1

tetradic

#A18BB2 #B28E8B #9CB28B #8BB0B2

square

#A18BB2 #B28E8B #9CB28B #8BB0B2

split-complementary

#A18BB2 #B0B28B #8BB28E

monochromatic

#644E75 #83669A #A18BB2 #BFB0CA #DDD5E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.07

#A18BB2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.85

#A18BB2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A18BB2

6.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A18BB2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A18BB2	1.00	3.07	6.85	6.85
#FFFFFF	3.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8592B4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8994B1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9F9098

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a18bb2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 139, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.0% 0.062 310.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdadc9',
    500: '#a18bb2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a18bb2;
$custom-light: #bdadc9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a18bb2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.846,
    "s": 20.207,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66994,
    "c": 0.06171,
    "h": 310.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.29257
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A18BB2

secondary

#CBD4C5

accent

#9F476D

background

#FBFAFC

surface

#F6F4F8

border

#D0CED1

text

#121013

muted

#817F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #A18BB2

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

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