#A38EA0#A38EA0

#A38EA0 is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.297; OKLCH L 67.1% C 0.036 H 330.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A38EA0
RGB	rgb(163, 142, 160)
HSL	hsl(309, 10%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(309, 13%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.9%, 1.8%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.37, 11.13, -6.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.37, 12.94, 329.37°)
OKLab	oklab(67.12% 0.0311 -0.0175)
OKLCH	oklch(67.12% 0.036 330.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.1216, 29.6711, 37.3385)
Luminance	0.2967 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A38EA0 #8EA391

analogous

#9C8EA3 #A38EA0 #A38E96

triadic

#A38EA0 #A0A38E #8EA0A3

tetradic

#A38EA0 #A39C8E #8EA391 #8E96A3

square

#A38EA0 #A39C8E #8EA391 #8E96A3

split-complementary

#A38EA0 #96A38E #8EA39C

monochromatic

#655262 #866D83 #A38EA0 #BEB0BC #DAD1D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.03

#A38EA0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.93

#A38EA0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A38EA0

6.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A38EA0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A38EA0	1.00	3.03	6.93	6.93
#FFFFFF	3.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E92A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92959F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A58F94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a38ea0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(163, 142, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.1% 0.036 330.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#beafbc',
    500: '#a38ea0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a38ea0;
$custom-light: #beafbc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a38ea0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 163,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 308.571,
    "s": 10.244,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67122,
    "c": 0.03572,
    "h": 330.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.29671
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A38EA0

secondary

#C2CAC4

accent

#B37E75

background

#FBFAFB

surface

#F6F4F6

border

#D0CED0

text

#121012

muted

#817F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #A38EA0

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

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