#A48ABE#A48ABE

#A48ABE is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.298; OKLCH L 67.6% C 0.080 H 307.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A48ABE
RGB	rgb(164, 138, 190)
HSL	hsl(270, 29%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(270, 27%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.7%, 27.4%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.47, 19.93, -23.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.47, 30.77, 310.38°)
OKLab	oklab(67.56% 0.0485 -0.0641)
OKLCH	oklch(67.56% 0.08 307.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.6909, 29.7874, 52.6799)
Luminance	0.2979 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A48ABE #A4BE8A

analogous

#8A8ABE #A48ABE #BE8ABE

triadic

#A48ABE #BEA48A #8ABEA4

tetradic

#A48ABE #BE8A8A #A4BE8A #8ABEBE

square

#A48ABE #BE8A8A #A4BE8A #8ABEBE

split-complementary

#A48ABE #BEBE8A #8ABE8A

monochromatic

#674984 #8563A8 #A48ABE #C3B1D4 #E1D9EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.02

#A48ABE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.96

#A48ABE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A48ABE

6.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A48ABE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A48ABE	1.00	3.02	6.96	6.96
#FFFFFF	3.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8193C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8695BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A1919C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a48abe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 138, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.6% 0.080 307.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfacd1',
    500: '#a48abe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a48abe;
$custom-light: #bfacd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a48abe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 28.571,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67561,
    "c": 0.08041,
    "h": 307.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.29787
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A48ABE

secondary

#D2DBC9

accent

#A73E73

background

#FBFAFC

surface

#F7F4F9

border

#D0CED2

text

#121014

muted

#817F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #A48ABE

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

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