#A18EA2#A18EA2

#A18EA2 is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.295; OKLCH L 67.0% C 0.036 H 324.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A18EA2
RGB	rgb(161, 142, 162)
HSL	hsl(297, 10%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(297, 12%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.6%, 12.3%, 0%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.25, 10.80, -7.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.25, 13.40, 323.72°)
OKLab	oklab(67.01% 0.0296 -0.0211)
OKLCH	oklch(67.01% 0.036 324.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.8916, 29.5321, 38.2483)
Luminance	0.2953 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A18EA2 #8FA28E

analogous

#978EA2 #A18EA2 #A28E99

triadic

#A18EA2 #A2A18E #8EA2A1

tetradic

#A18EA2 #A2978E #8FA28E #8E99A2

square

#A18EA2 #A2978E #8FA28E #8E99A2

split-complementary

#A18EA2 #99A28E #8EA297

monochromatic

#635264 #846E85 #A18EA2 #BDB0BE #D9D1D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.04

#A18EA2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.91

#A18EA2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A18EA2

6.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A18EA2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A18EA2	1.00	3.04	6.91	6.91
#FFFFFF	3.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D92A3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9195A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A29095

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a18ea2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 142, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.0% 0.036 324.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdafbd',
    500: '#a18ea2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a18ea2;
$custom-light: #bdafbd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a18ea2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 297,
    "s": 9.709,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67005,
    "c": 0.03636,
    "h": 324.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.29532
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A18EA2

secondary

#C2CAC2

accent

#B37578

background

#FBFAFB

surface

#F6F4F6

border

#D0CED0

text

#121012

muted

#817F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #A18EA2

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

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