#A18BD6#A18BD6

#A18BD6 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.309; OKLCH L 68.5% C 0.110 H 296.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A18BD6
RGB	rgb(161, 139, 214)
HSL	hsl(258, 48%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(258, 35%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.8%, 35%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.42, 23.96, -35.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.42, 42.80, 304.04°)
OKLab	oklab(68.55% 0.0499 -0.0985)
OKLCH	oklch(68.55% 0.11 296.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.0654, 30.8970, 67.6689)
Luminance	0.3090 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A18BD6 #C0D68B

analogous

#8B9BD6 #A18BD6 #C78BD6

triadic

#A18BD6 #D6A18B #8BD6A1

tetradic

#A18BD6 #D68B9B #C0D68B #8BD6C7

square

#A18BD6 #D68B9B #C0D68B #8BD6C7

split-complementary

#A18BD6 #D6C78B #9BD68B

monochromatic

#5D3CAA #7C5EC6 #A18BD6 #C6B8E6 #EAE5F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.93

#A18BD6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.18

#A18BD6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A18BD6

7.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A18BD6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A18BD6	1.00	2.93	7.18	7.18
#FFFFFF	2.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7897D9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C96D4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9797A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a18bd6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 139, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.5% 0.110 296.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#beade3',
    500: '#a18bd6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a18bd6;
$custom-light: #beade3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a18bd6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.6,
    "s": 47.771,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68545,
    "c": 0.11041,
    "h": 296.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.30897
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A18BD6

secondary

#E3E9D3

accent

#BB2A91

background

#FBFAFD

surface

#F7F4FB

border

#D0CED4

text

#121015

muted

#817F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A18BD6

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

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