#A18CD6#A18CD6

#A18CD6 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.312; OKLCH L 68.7% C 0.109 H 296.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A18CD6
RGB	rgb(161, 140, 214)
HSL	hsl(257, 47%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(257, 35%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.8%, 34.6%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.67, 23.39, -35.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.67, 42.17, 303.69°)
OKLab	oklab(68.73% 0.0485 -0.0974)
OKLCH	oklch(68.73% 0.109 296.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.2108, 31.1879, 67.7174)
Luminance	0.3119 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A18CD6 #C1D68C

analogous

#8C9CD6 #A18CD6 #C68CD6

triadic

#A18CD6 #D6A18C #8CD6A1

tetradic

#A18CD6 #D68C9C #C1D68C #8CD6C6

square

#A18CD6 #D68C9C #C1D68C #8CD6C6

split-complementary

#A18CD6 #D6C68C #9CD68C

monochromatic

#5C3DAB #7C5FC6 #A18CD6 #C6B9E6 #EBE6F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.90

#A18CD6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.24

#A18CD6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A18CD6

7.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A18CD6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A18CD6	1.00	2.90	7.24	7.24
#FFFFFF	2.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7998D9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D97D4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9698A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a18cd6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 140, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.7% 0.109 296.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#beade3',
    500: '#a18cd6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a18cd6;
$custom-light: #beade3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a18cd6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.027,
    "s": 47.436,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68732,
    "c": 0.10879,
    "h": 296.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.31188
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A18CD6

secondary

#E4EAD4

accent

#BB2B92

background

#FBFAFD

surface

#F7F4FB

border

#D0CED4

text

#121015

muted

#817F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A18CD6

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

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