#A18CD8#A18CD8

#A18CD8 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.313; OKLCH L 68.8% C 0.112 H 296.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A18CD8
RGB	rgb(161, 140, 216)
HSL	hsl(257, 49%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(257, 35%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.5%, 35.2%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.75, 23.87, -36.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.75, 43.25, 303.50°)
OKLab	oklab(68.83% 0.049 -0.1002)
OKLCH	oklch(68.83% 0.112 296)
XYZ	xyz(36.4678, 31.2907, 69.0709)
Luminance	0.3129 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A18CD8 #C3D88C

analogous

#8C9DD8 #A18CD8 #C78CD8

triadic

#A18CD8 #D8A18C #8CD8A1

tetradic

#A18CD8 #D88C9D #C3D88C #8CD8C7

square

#A18CD8 #D88C9D #C3D88C #8CD8C7

split-complementary

#A18CD8 #D8C78C #9DD88C

monochromatic

#5B3BAE #7C5EC9 #A18CD8 #C6BAE7 #ECE7F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.89

#A18CD8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.26

#A18CD8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A18CD8

7.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A18CD8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A18CD8	1.00	2.89	7.26	7.26
#FFFFFF	2.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7998DB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C97D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9699A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a18cd8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 140, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.112 296.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#beade4',
    500: '#a18cd8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a18cd8;
$custom-light: #beade4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a18cd8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.579,
    "s": 49.351,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68826,
    "c": 0.11153,
    "h": 296
  },
  "luminance": 0.31291
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A18CD8

secondary

#E5EBD5

accent

#BD2994

background

#FBFAFE

surface

#F7F4FC

border

#D0CED5

text

#121015

muted

#817F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A18CD8

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

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