#A18DCD#A18DCD

#A18DCD is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.310; OKLCH L 68.5% C 0.095 H 298.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A18DCD
RGB	rgb(161, 141, 205)
HSL	hsl(259, 39%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(259, 31%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.5%, 31.2%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.54, 20.68, -30.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.54, 36.65, 304.35°)
OKLab	oklab(68.51% 0.0448 -0.0835)
OKLCH	oklch(68.51% 0.095 298.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.2398, 31.0344, 61.8795)
Luminance	0.3104 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A18DCD #B9CD8D

analogous

#8D99CD #A18DCD #C18DCD

triadic

#A18DCD #CDA18D #8DCDA1

tetradic

#A18DCD #CD8D99 #B9CD8D #8DCDC1

square

#A18DCD #CD8D99 #B9CD8D #8DCDC1

split-complementary

#A18DCD #CDC18D #99CD8D

monochromatic

#5F449B #7E62BA #A18DCD #C4B8E0 #E7E2F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.91

#A18DCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.21

#A18DCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A18DCD

7.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A18DCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A18DCD	1.00	2.91	7.21	7.21
#FFFFFF	2.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E97D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8197CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9997A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a18dcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 141, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.5% 0.095 298.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdaedc',
    500: '#a18dcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a18dcd;
$custom-light: #bdaedc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a18dcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.75,
    "s": 39.024,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68509,
    "c": 0.09481,
    "h": 298.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.31035
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A18DCD

secondary

#DFE5D1

accent

#B2338A

background

#FBFAFD

surface

#F7F4FB

border

#D0CED4

text

#121015

muted

#817F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A18DCD

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

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