#A38CAA#A38CAA

#A38CAA is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.294; OKLCH L 67.1% C 0.051 H 318.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A38CAA
RGB	rgb(163, 140, 170)
HSL	hsl(286, 15%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(286, 18%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.1%, 17.6%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.17, 14.24, -12.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.17, 18.99, 318.56°)
OKLab	oklab(67.07% 0.0379 -0.0338)
OKLCH	oklch(67.07% 0.051 318.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.7370, 29.4454, 42.0340)
Luminance	0.2944 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A38CAA #93AA8C

analogous

#948CAA #A38CAA #AA8CA2

triadic

#A38CAA #AAA38C #8CAAA3

tetradic

#A38CAA #AA948C #93AA8C #8CA2AA

square

#A38CAA #AA948C #93AA8C #8CA2AA

split-complementary

#A38CAA #A2AA8C #8CAA94

monochromatic

#65506C #866A8F #A38CAA #BFAFC4 #DBD2DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.05

#A38CAA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.89

#A38CAA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A38CAA

6.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A38CAA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A38CAA	1.00	3.05	6.89	6.89
#FFFFFF	3.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8992AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E94A9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A38F96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a38caa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(163, 140, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.1% 0.051 318.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#beadc3',
    500: '#a38caa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a38caa;
$custom-light: #beadc3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a38caa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 163,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286,
    "s": 15,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67075,
    "c": 0.05077,
    "h": 318.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.29445
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A38CAA

secondary

#C6CFC3

accent

#994C5E

background

#FBFAFB

surface

#F6F4F7

border

#D0CED0

text

#121012

muted

#817F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #A38CAA

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

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