#A48AA8#A48AA8

#A48AA8 is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.289; OKLCH L 66.7% C 0.053 H 321.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A48AA8
RGB	rgb(164, 138, 168)
HSL	hsl(292, 15%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(292, 18%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.4%, 17.9%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.69, 15.32, -12.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.69, 19.56, 321.59°)
OKLab	oklab(66.7% 0.0415 -0.0326)
OKLCH	oklch(66.7% 0.053 321.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.4652, 28.8971, 40.9583)
Luminance	0.2890 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A48AA8 #8EA88A

analogous

#958AA8 #A48AA8 #A88A9D

triadic

#A48AA8 #A8A48A #8AA8A4

tetradic

#A48AA8 #A8958A #8EA88A #8A9DA8

square

#A48AA8 #A8958A #8EA88A #8A9DA8

split-complementary

#A48AA8 #9DA88A #8AA895

monochromatic

#664E69 #88688C #A48AA8 #BFADC2 #DBD0DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.10

#A48AA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.78

#A48AA8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A48AA8

6.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A48AA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A48AA8	1.00	3.10	6.78	6.78
#FFFFFF	3.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8791A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D93A7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A58D94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a48aa8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 138, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.7% 0.053 321.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfacc1',
    500: '#a48aa8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a48aa8;
$custom-light: #bfacc1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a48aa8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 292,
    "s": 14.706,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66702,
    "c": 0.05275,
    "h": 321.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.28897
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A48AA8

secondary

#C3CDC1

accent

#B7707A

background

#FBFAFB

surface

#F7F4F7

border

#D0CED0

text

#121012

muted

#817F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #A48AA8

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

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