#A18BD2#A18BD2

#A18BD2 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.307; OKLCH L 68.4% C 0.105 H 297.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A18BD2
RGB	rgb(161, 139, 210)
HSL	hsl(259, 44%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(259, 34%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.3%, 33.8%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.25, 23.00, -33.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.25, 40.64, 304.48°)
OKLab	oklab(68.36% 0.049 -0.0928)
OKLCH	oklch(68.36% 0.105 297.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.5608, 30.6952, 65.0116)
Luminance	0.3070 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A18BD2 #BCD28B

analogous

#8B98D2 #A18BD2 #C48BD2

triadic

#A18BD2 #D2A18B #8BD2A1

tetradic

#A18BD2 #D28B98 #BCD28B #8BD2C4

square

#A18BD2 #D28B98 #BCD28B #8BD2C4

split-complementary

#A18BD2 #D2C48B #98D28B

monochromatic

#5E3FA3 #7D5FC1 #A18BD2 #C5B7E3 #E8E3F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.94

#A18BD2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.14

#A18BD2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A18BD2

7.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A18BD2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A18BD2	1.00	2.94	7.14	7.14
#FFFFFF	2.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A97D5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D96D0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9897A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a18bd2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 139, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.4% 0.105 297.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#beade0',
    500: '#a18bd2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a18bd2;
$custom-light: #beade0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a18bd2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.592,
    "s": 44.099,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68358,
    "c": 0.10494,
    "h": 297.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.30695
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A18BD2

secondary

#E0E7D2

accent

#B72E8D

background

#FBFAFD

surface

#F7F4FB

border

#D0CED4

text

#121015

muted

#817F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A18BD2

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

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