#A38EA2#A38EA2

#A38EA2 is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.297; OKLCH L 67.2% C 0.038 H 327.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A38EA2
RGB	rgb(163, 142, 162)
HSL	hsl(303, 10%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(303, 13%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.9%, 0.6%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.43, 11.52, -7.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.43, 13.82, 326.45°)
OKLab	oklab(67.19% 0.0319 -0.0203)
OKLCH	oklch(67.19% 0.038 327.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.2980, 29.7416, 38.2674)
Luminance	0.2974 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A38EA2 #8EA38F

analogous

#9A8EA3 #A38EA2 #A38E98

triadic

#A38EA2 #A2A38E #8EA2A3

tetradic

#A38EA2 #A39A8E #8EA38F #8E98A3

square

#A38EA2 #A39A8E #8EA38F #8E98A3

split-complementary

#A38EA2 #98A38E #8EA39A

monochromatic

#655264 #866D85 #A38EA2 #BEB0BE #DAD1DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.02

#A38EA2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.95

#A38EA2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A38EA2

6.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A38EA2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A38EA2	1.00	3.02	6.95	6.95
#FFFFFF	3.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D93A3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9195A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A58F95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a38ea2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(163, 142, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.2% 0.038 327.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#beafbd',
    500: '#a38ea2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a38ea2;
$custom-light: #beafbd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a38ea2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 163,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 302.857,
    "s": 10.244,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6719,
    "c": 0.03782,
    "h": 327.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.29741
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A38EA2

secondary

#C2CAC3

accent

#B37875

background

#FBFAFB

surface

#F6F4F6

border

#D0CED0

text

#121012

muted

#817F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #A38EA2

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

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