#A38EA4#A38EA4

#A38EA4 is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.298; OKLCH L 67.3% C 0.040 H 324.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A38EA4
RGB	rgb(163, 142, 164)
HSL	hsl(297, 11%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(297, 13%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.6%, 13.4%, 0%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.49, 11.91, -8.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.49, 14.74, 323.90°)
OKLab	oklab(67.26% 0.0326 -0.0232)
OKLCH	oklch(67.26% 0.04 324.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.4772, 29.8133, 39.2111)
Luminance	0.2981 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A38EA4 #8FA48E

analogous

#988EA4 #A38EA4 #A48E9A

triadic

#A38EA4 #A4A38E #8EA4A3

tetradic

#A38EA4 #A4988E #8FA48E #8E9AA4

square

#A38EA4 #A4988E #8FA48E #8E9AA4

split-complementary

#A38EA4 #9AA48E #8EA498

monochromatic

#655266 #866D88 #A38EA4 #BFB0BF #DAD2DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.02

#A38EA4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.96

#A38EA4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A38EA4

6.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A38EA4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A38EA4	1.00	3.02	6.96	6.96
#FFFFFF	3.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D93A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9195A3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A49095

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a38ea4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(163, 142, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.3% 0.040 324.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#beafbf',
    500: '#a38ea4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a38ea4;
$custom-light: #beafbf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a38ea4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 163,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 297.273,
    "s": 10.784,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67259,
    "c": 0.04002,
    "h": 324.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.29813
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A38EA4

secondary

#C3CBC3

accent

#B47477

background

#FBFAFB

surface

#F6F4F7

border

#D0CED0

text

#121012

muted

#817F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #A38EA4

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

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