#A38FA4#A38FA4

#A38FA4 is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.301; OKLCH L 67.5% C 0.038 H 324.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A38FA4
RGB	rgb(163, 143, 164)
HSL	hsl(297, 10%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(297, 13%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.6%, 12.8%, 0%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.75, 11.34, -8.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.75, 14.06, 323.81°)
OKLab	oklab(67.46% 0.0311 -0.0221)
OKLCH	oklch(67.46% 0.038 324.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.6266, 30.1122, 39.2609)
Luminance	0.3011 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A38FA4 #90A48F

analogous

#988FA4 #A38FA4 #A48F9A

triadic

#A38FA4 #A4A38F #8FA4A3

tetradic

#A38FA4 #A4988F #90A48F #8F9AA4

square

#A38FA4 #A4988F #90A48F #8F9AA4

split-complementary

#A38FA4 #9AA48F #8FA498

monochromatic

#655366 #866E88 #A38FA4 #BFB1BF #DAD3DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.99

#A38FA4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.02

#A38FA4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A38FA4

7.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A38FA4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A38FA4	1.00	2.99	7.02	7.02
#FFFFFF	2.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E94A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9296A3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A49196

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a38fa4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(163, 143, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.5% 0.038 324.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#beafbf',
    500: '#a38fa4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a38fa4;
$custom-light: #beafbf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a38fa4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 163,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 297.143,
    "s": 10.345,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67459,
    "c": 0.03814,
    "h": 324.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.30112
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A38FA4

secondary

#C4CBC3

accent

#945154

background

#FBFAFB

surface

#F6F4F6

border

#D0CED0

text

#121012

muted

#817F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #A38FA4

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

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