#A48AA4#A48AA4

#A48AA4 is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.287; OKLCH L 66.6% C 0.048 H 326.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A48AA4
RGB	rgb(164, 138, 164)
HSL	hsl(300, 13%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(300, 16%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.9%, 0%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.56, 14.53, -10.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.56, 17.68, 325.29°)
OKLab	oklab(66.56% 0.0401 -0.0269)
OKLCH	oklch(66.56% 0.048 326.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.0983, 28.7504, 39.0259)
Luminance	0.2875 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A48AA4 #8AA48A

analogous

#978AA4 #A48AA4 #A48A97

triadic

#A48AA4 #A4A48A #8AA4A4

tetradic

#A48AA4 #A4978A #8AA48A #8A97A4

square

#A48AA4 #A4978A #8AA48A #8A97A4

split-complementary

#A48AA4 #97A48A #8AA497

monochromatic

#654F65 #876987 #A48AA4 #BFACBF #DACFDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.11

#A48AA4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.75

#A48AA4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A48AA4

6.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A48AA4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A48AA4	1.00	3.11	6.75	6.75
#FFFFFF	3.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8890A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E93A3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A68C93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a48aa4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 138, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.6% 0.048 326.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfacbf',
    500: '#a48aa4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a48aa4;
$custom-light: #bfacbf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a48aa4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 12.5,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66559,
    "c": 0.04825,
    "h": 326.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.2875
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A48AA4

secondary

#C0CAC0

accent

#B57272

background

#FBFAFB

surface

#F7F4F7

border

#D0CED0

text

#121012

muted

#817F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #A48AA4

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

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