#A18EA4#A18EA4

#A18EA4 is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.296; OKLCH L 67.1% C 0.039 H 321.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A18EA4
RGB	rgb(161, 142, 164)
HSL	hsl(292, 11%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(292, 13%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.8%, 13.4%, 0%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.31, 11.20, -8.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.31, 14.35, 321.29°)
OKLab	oklab(67.07% 0.0303 -0.024)
OKLCH	oklch(67.07% 0.039 321.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.0708, 29.6038, 39.1920)
Luminance	0.2960 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A18EA4 #91A48E

analogous

#968EA4 #A18EA4 #A48E9C

triadic

#A18EA4 #A4A18E #8EA4A1

tetradic

#A18EA4 #A4968E #91A48E #8E9CA4

square

#A18EA4 #A4968E #91A48E #8E9CA4

split-complementary

#A18EA4 #9CA48E #8EA496

monochromatic

#635266 #846D88 #A18EA4 #BDB0BF #D9D2DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.03

#A18EA4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.92

#A18EA4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A18EA4

6.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A18EA4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A18EA4	1.00	3.03	6.92	6.92
#FFFFFF	3.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C93A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9095A3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A29095

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a18ea4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 142, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.1% 0.039 321.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdafbf',
    500: '#a18ea4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a18ea4;
$custom-light: #bdafbf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a18ea4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 291.818,
    "s": 10.784,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67074,
    "c": 0.03866,
    "h": 321.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.29603
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A18EA4

secondary

#C4CBC3

accent

#B4747D

background

#FBFAFB

surface

#F6F4F7

border

#D0CED0

text

#121012

muted

#817F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #A18EA4

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

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