#A48ABA#A48ABA

#A48ABA is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.296; OKLCH L 67.4% C 0.075 H 309.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A48ABA
RGB	rgb(164, 138, 186)
HSL	hsl(273, 26%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(273, 26%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.8%, 25.8%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.32, 19.06, -21.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.32, 28.67, 311.68°)
OKLab	oklab(67.4% 0.0473 -0.0584)
OKLCH	oklch(67.4% 0.075 309)
XYZ	xyz(33.2597, 29.6149, 50.4089)
Luminance	0.2962 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A48ABA #A0BA8A

analogous

#8C8ABA #A48ABA #BA8AB8

triadic

#A48ABA #BAA48A #8ABAA4

tetradic

#A48ABA #BA8C8A #A0BA8A #8AB8BA

square

#A48ABA #BA8C8A #A0BA8A #8AB8BA

split-complementary

#A48ABA #B8BA8A #8ABA8C

monochromatic

#674B7F #8664A3 #A48ABA #C2B0D1 #E0D7E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.03

#A48ABA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.92

#A48ABA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A48ABA

6.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A48ABA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A48ABA	1.00	3.03	6.92	6.92
#FFFFFF	3.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8293BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8794B9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A1909B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a48aba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 138, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.4% 0.075 309.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfacce',
    500: '#a48aba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a48aba;
$custom-light: #bfacce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a48aba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.5,
    "s": 25.806,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67396,
    "c": 0.07517,
    "h": 309
  },
  "luminance": 0.29615
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A48ABA

secondary

#CFD8C7

accent

#A4416F

background

#FBFAFC

surface

#F7F4F9

border

#D0CED2

text

#121013

muted

#817F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #A48ABA

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

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