#A48ABC#A48ABC

#A48ABC is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.297; OKLCH L 67.5% C 0.078 H 308.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A48ABC
RGB	rgb(164, 138, 188)
HSL	hsl(271, 27%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(271, 27%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.8%, 26.6%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.39, 19.50, -22.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.39, 29.72, 311.00°)
OKLab	oklab(67.48% 0.048 -0.0612)
OKLCH	oklch(67.48% 0.078 308.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.4738, 29.7005, 51.5365)
Luminance	0.2970 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A48ABC #A2BC8A

analogous

#8B8ABC #A48ABC #BC8ABB

triadic

#A48ABC #BCA48A #8ABCA4

tetradic

#A48ABC #BC8B8A #A2BC8A #8ABBBC

square

#A48ABC #BC8B8A #A2BC8A #8ABBBC

split-complementary

#A48ABC #BBBC8A #8ABC8B

monochromatic

#674A81 #8663A6 #A48ABC #C2B1D2 #E1D8E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.03

#A48ABC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.94

#A48ABC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A48ABC

6.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A48ABC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A48ABC	1.00	3.03	6.94	6.94
#FFFFFF	3.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8193BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8795BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A1919C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a48abc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 138, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.5% 0.078 308.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfacd0',
    500: '#a48abc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a48abc;
$custom-light: #bfacd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a48abc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.2,
    "s": 27.174,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67478,
    "c": 0.07779,
    "h": 308.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.297
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A48ABC

secondary

#D1DAC8

accent

#A64071

background

#FBFAFC

surface

#F7F4F9

border

#D0CED2

text

#121014

muted

#817F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #A48ABC

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

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