#A18CDC#A18CDC

#A18CDC is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.315; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.117 H 295.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A18CDC
RGB	rgb(161, 140, 220)
HSL	hsl(256, 53%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(256, 36%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.8%, 36.4%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.93, 24.85, -38.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.93, 45.42, 303.17°)
OKLab	oklab(69.02% 0.0499 -0.1058)
OKLCH	oklch(69.02% 0.117 295.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.9912, 31.5001, 71.8275)
Luminance	0.3150 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A18CDC #C7DC8C

analogous

#8C9FDC #A18CDC #C98CDC

triadic

#A18CDC #DCA18C #8CDCA1

tetradic

#A18CDC #DC8C9F #C7DC8C #8CDCC9

square

#A18CDC #DC8C9F #C7DC8C #8CDCC9

split-complementary

#A18CDC #DCC98C #9FDC8C

monochromatic

#5937B6 #7B5DCE #A18CDC #C7BBEA #ECE8F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.88

#A18CDC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.30

#A18CDC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A18CDC

7.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A18CDC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A18CDC	1.00	2.88	7.30	7.30
#FFFFFF	2.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7799DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A97DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#959AAA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a18cdc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 140, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.117 295.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#beade7',
    500: '#a18cdc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a18cdc;
$custom-light: #beade7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a18cdc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.75,
    "s": 53.333,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69018,
    "c": 0.117,
    "h": 295.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.31501
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A18CDC

secondary

#E7EDD7

accent

#C12598

background

#FBFAFE

surface

#F7F4FC

border

#D0CED5

text

#121016

muted

#817F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A18CDC

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

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