#A18CA2#A18CA2

#A18CA2 is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.289; OKLCH L 66.6% C 0.040 H 324.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A18CA2
RGB	rgb(161, 140, 162)
HSL	hsl(297, 11%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(297, 14%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.6%, 13.6%, 0%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.73, 11.94, -8.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.73, 14.77, 323.91°)
OKLab	oklab(66.6% 0.0327 -0.0232)
OKLCH	oklch(66.6% 0.04 324.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.5967, 28.9423, 38.1500)
Luminance	0.2894 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A18CA2 #8DA28C

analogous

#968CA2 #A18CA2 #A28C98

triadic

#A18CA2 #A2A18C #8CA2A1

tetradic

#A18CA2 #A2968C #8DA28C #8C98A2

square

#A18CA2 #A2968C #8DA28C #8C98A2

split-complementary

#A18CA2 #98A28C #8CA296

monochromatic

#625063 #846C85 #A18CA2 #BDAEBD #D8D0D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.09

#A18CA2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.79

#A18CA2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A18CA2

6.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A18CA2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A18CA2	1.00	3.09	6.79	6.79
#FFFFFF	3.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B91A3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F93A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A28E93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a18ca2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 140, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.6% 0.040 324.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdadbd',
    500: '#a18ca2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a18ca2;
$custom-light: #bdadbd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a18ca2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 297.273,
    "s": 10.577,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66603,
    "c": 0.04011,
    "h": 324.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.28942
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A18CA2

secondary

#C1C9C1

accent

#B47477

background

#FBFAFB

surface

#F6F4F6

border

#D0CED0

text

#121012

muted

#817F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #A18CA2

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

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