#A18CAA#A18CAA

#A18CAA is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.292; OKLCH L 66.9% C 0.050 H 315.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A18CAA
RGB	rgb(161, 140, 170)
HSL	hsl(282, 15%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(282, 18%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.3%, 17.6%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.99, 13.54, -12.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.99, 18.68, 316.47°)
OKLab	oklab(66.89% 0.0356 -0.0346)
OKLCH	oklch(66.89% 0.05 315.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.3306, 29.2359, 42.0150)
Luminance	0.2924 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A18CAA #95AA8C

analogous

#928CAA #A18CAA #AA8CA4

triadic

#A18CAA #AAA18C #8CAAA1

tetradic

#A18CAA #AA928C #95AA8C #8CA4AA

square

#A18CAA #AA928C #95AA8C #8CA4AA

split-complementary

#A18CAA #A4AA8C #8CAA92

monochromatic

#63506C #846A8F #A18CAA #BEAFC4 #DBD2DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.07

#A18CAA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.85

#A18CAA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A18CAA

6.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A18CAA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A18CAA	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)

#8892AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D94A9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A18F96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a18caa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 140, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.9% 0.050 315.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdadc3',
    500: '#a18caa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a18caa;
$custom-light: #bdadc3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a18caa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282,
    "s": 15,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66889,
    "c": 0.04965,
    "h": 315.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.29236
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A18CAA

secondary

#C7CFC3

accent

#994C63

background

#FBFAFB

surface

#F6F4F7

border

#D0CED0

text

#121012

muted

#817F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #A18CAA

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

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