#A18EDD#A18EDD

#A18EDD is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.321; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.115 H 294.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A18EDD
RGB	rgb(161, 142, 221)
HSL	hsl(254, 54%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(254, 36%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.1%, 35.7%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.46, 23.95, -37.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.46, 44.70, 302.40°)
OKLab	oklab(69.44% 0.0473 -0.105)
OKLCH	oklch(69.44% 0.115 294.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.4189, 32.1430, 72.6254)
Luminance	0.3214 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A18EDD #CADD8E

analogous

#8EA2DD #A18EDD #C88EDD

triadic

#A18EDD #DDA18E #8EDDA1

tetradic

#A18EDD #DD8EA2 #CADD8E #8EDDC8

square

#A18EDD #DD8EA2 #CADD8E #8EDDC8

split-complementary

#A18EDD #DDC88E #A2DD8E

monochromatic

#5738B9 #7A5FCF #A18EDD #C8BDEB #EBE7F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.83

#A18EDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.43

#A18EDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A18EDD

7.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A18EDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A18EDD	1.00	2.83	7.43	7.43
#FFFFFF	2.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#799AE0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B98DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#949CAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a18edd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 142, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.115 294.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#beafe8',
    500: '#a18edd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a18edd;
$custom-light: #beafe8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a18edd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.43,
    "s": 53.741,
    "l": 71.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69439,
    "c": 0.11521,
    "h": 294.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.32144
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A18EDD

secondary

#E9EED9

accent

#C1249B

background

#FBFAFE

surface

#F7F4FC

border

#D0CED5

text

#121016

muted

#817F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A18EDD

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

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