#A48AA0#A48AA0

#A48AA0 is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.286; OKLCH L 66.4% C 0.044 H 331.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A48AA0
RGB	rgb(164, 138, 160)
HSL	hsl(309, 13%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(309, 16%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.9%, 2.4%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.43, 13.76, -7.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.43, 15.91, 329.91°)
OKLab	oklab(66.42% 0.0386 -0.0212)
OKLCH	oklch(66.42% 0.044 331.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.7428, 28.6081, 37.1533)
Luminance	0.2861 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A48AA0 #8AA48E

analogous

#9B8AA4 #A48AA0 #A48A93

triadic

#A48AA0 #A0A48A #8AA0A4

tetradic

#A48AA0 #A49B8A #8AA48E #8A93A4

square

#A48AA0 #A49B8A #8AA48E #8A93A4

split-complementary

#A48AA0 #93A48A #8AA49B

monochromatic

#654F62 #876983 #A48AA0 #BFACBC #DACFD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.12

#A48AA0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.72

#A48AA0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A48AA0

6.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A48AA0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A48AA0	1.00	3.12	6.72	6.72
#FFFFFF	3.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8990A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F939F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A68B91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a48aa0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 138, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.4% 0.044 331.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfacbc',
    500: '#a48aa0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a48aa0;
$custom-light: #bfacbc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a48aa0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 309.231,
    "s": 12.5,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66419,
    "c": 0.04404,
    "h": 331.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.28608
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A48AA0

secondary

#C0CAC1

accent

#B57D72

background

#FBFAFB

surface

#F7F4F6

border

#D0CED0

text

#121012

muted

#817F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #A48AA0

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

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