#A38FA2#A38FA2

#A38FA2 is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.300; OKLCH L 67.4% C 0.036 H 327.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A38FA2
RGB	rgb(163, 143, 162)
HSL	hsl(303, 10%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(303, 12%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.3%, 0.6%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.69, 10.95, -7.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.69, 13.14, 326.48°)
OKLab	oklab(67.39% 0.0303 -0.0193)
OKLCH	oklch(67.39% 0.036 327.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.4475, 30.0405, 38.3172)
Luminance	0.3004 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A38FA2 #8FA390

analogous

#9A8FA3 #A38FA2 #A38F98

triadic

#A38FA2 #A2A38F #8FA2A3

tetradic

#A38FA2 #A39A8F #8FA390 #8F98A3

square

#A38FA2 #A39A8F #8FA390 #8F98A3

split-complementary

#A38FA2 #98A38F #8FA39A

monochromatic

#655364 #866E85 #A38FA2 #BFB1BE #DAD2DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.00

#A38FA2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

7.01

#A38FA2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A38FA2

7.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A38FA2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A38FA2	1.00	3.00	7.01	7.01
#FFFFFF	3.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E93A3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9296A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A59095

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a38fa2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(163, 143, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.4% 0.036 327.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#beafbd',
    500: '#a38fa2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a38fa2;
$custom-light: #beafbd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a38fa2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 163,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 303,
    "s": 9.804,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67391,
    "c": 0.03594,
    "h": 327.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.3004
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A38FA2

secondary

#C3CBC3

accent

#B37875

background

#FBFAFB

surface

#F6F4F6

border

#D0CED0

text

#121012

muted

#817F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #A38FA2

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

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