#A38EA7#A38EA7

#A38EA7 is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.299; OKLCH L 67.4% C 0.043 H 320.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A38EA7
RGB	rgb(163, 142, 167)
HSL	hsl(290, 12%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(290, 15%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.4%, 15%, 0%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.59, 12.50, -10.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.59, 16.16, 320.67°)
OKLab	oklab(67.36% 0.0337 -0.0274)
OKLCH	oklch(67.36% 0.043 320.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.7513, 29.9230, 40.6548)
Luminance	0.2992 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A38EA7 #92A78E

analogous

#968EA7 #A38EA7 #A78E9E

triadic

#A38EA7 #A7A38E #8EA7A3

tetradic

#A38EA7 #A7968E #92A78E #8E9EA7

square

#A38EA7 #A7968E #92A78E #8E9EA7

split-complementary

#A38EA7 #9EA78E #8EA796

monochromatic

#655269 #866C8B #A38EA7 #BFB0C2 #DBD3DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.01

#A38EA7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.98

#A38EA7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A38EA7

6.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A38EA7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A38EA7	1.00	3.01	6.98	6.98
#FFFFFF	3.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C93A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9096A6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A49096

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a38ea7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(163, 142, 167);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.4% 0.043 320.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#beafc1',
    500: '#a38ea7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a38ea7;
$custom-light: #beafc1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a38ea7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 163,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 167
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 290.4,
    "s": 12.438,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67364,
    "c": 0.04347,
    "h": 320.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.29923
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A38EA7

secondary

#C5CDC4

accent

#974F5A

background

#FBFAFB

surface

#F6F4F7

border

#D0CED0

text

#121012

muted

#817F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #A38EA7

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

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