#A18BDA#A18BDA

#A18BDA is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.311; OKLCH L 68.7% C 0.116 H 296.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A18BDA
RGB	rgb(161, 139, 218)
HSL	hsl(257, 52%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(257, 36%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.1%, 36.2%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.60, 24.93, -37.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.60, 44.97, 303.67°)
OKLab	oklab(68.74% 0.0508 -0.1041)
OKLCH	oklch(68.74% 0.116 296)
XYZ	xyz(36.5825, 31.1039, 70.3924)
Luminance	0.3110 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A18BDA #C4DA8B

analogous

#8B9CDA #A18BDA #C98BDA

triadic

#A18BDA #DAA18B #8BDAA1

tetradic

#A18BDA #DA8B9C #C4DA8B #8BDAC9

square

#A18BDA #DA8B9C #C4DA8B #8BDAC9

split-complementary

#A18BDA #DAC98B #9CDA8B

monochromatic

#5A39B2 #7B5DCB #A18BDA #C7B9E9 #ECE8F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.91

#A18BDA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.22

#A18BDA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A18BDA

7.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A18BDA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A18BDA	1.00	2.91	7.22	7.22
#FFFFFF	2.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7698DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A96D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9598A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a18bda;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 139, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.7% 0.116 296.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#beade5',
    500: '#a18bda',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a18bda;
$custom-light: #beade5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a18bda",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.709,
    "s": 51.634,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68735,
    "c": 0.11586,
    "h": 296
  },
  "luminance": 0.31104
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A18BDA

secondary

#E5EBD5

accent

#BF2695

background

#FBFAFE

surface

#F7F4FC

border

#D0CED5

text

#121016

muted

#817F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A18BDA

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

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