#A38AAA#A38AAA

#A38AAA is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.289; OKLCH L 66.7% C 0.054 H 318.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A38AAA
RGB	rgb(163, 138, 170)
HSL	hsl(287, 16%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(287, 19%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.1%, 18.8%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.66, 15.38, -13.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.66, 20.35, 319.06°)
OKLab	oklab(66.68% 0.041 -0.0359)
OKLCH	oklch(66.68% 0.055 318.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.4474, 28.8662, 41.9375)
Luminance	0.2887 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A38AAA #91AA8A

analogous

#938AAA #A38AAA #AA8AA1

triadic

#A38AAA #AAA38A #8AAAA3

tetradic

#A38AAA #AA938A #91AA8A #8AA1AA

square

#A38AAA #AA938A #91AA8A #8AA1AA

split-complementary

#A38AAA #A1AA8A #8AAA93

monochromatic

#654E6C #86688F #A38AAA #BFADC4 #DBD1DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.10

#A38AAA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.77

#A38AAA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A38AAA

6.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A38AAA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A38AAA	1.00	3.10	6.77	6.77
#FFFFFF	3.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8791AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C93A9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A38D95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a38aaa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(163, 138, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.7% 0.054 318.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#beacc3',
    500: '#a38aaa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a38aaa;
$custom-light: #beacc3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a38aaa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 163,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.875,
    "s": 15.842,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66681,
    "c": 0.0545,
    "h": 318.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.28866
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A38AAA

secondary

#C4CEC2

accent

#9A4B5D

background

#FBFAFB

surface

#F6F4F7

border

#D0CED0

text

#121012

muted

#817F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #A38AAA

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

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