#A48BB2#A48BB2

#A48BB2 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.296; OKLCH L 67.3% C 0.063 H 313.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A48BB2
RGB	rgb(164, 139, 178)
HSL	hsl(278, 20%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(278, 22%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.9%, 21.9%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.28, 16.79, -16.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.28, 23.85, 314.76°)
OKLab	oklab(67.27% 0.0433 -0.0459)
OKLCH	oklch(67.27% 0.063 313.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.5770, 29.5725, 46.1027)
Luminance	0.2957 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A48BB2 #99B28B

analogous

#918BB2 #A48BB2 #B28BAC

triadic

#A48BB2 #B2A48B #8BB2A4

tetradic

#A48BB2 #B2918B #99B28B #8BACB2

square

#A48BB2 #B2918B #99B28B #8BACB2

split-complementary

#A48BB2 #ACB28B #8BB291

monochromatic

#674E75 #87669A #A48BB2 #C1B0CA #DED5E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.04

#A48BB2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.91

#A48BB2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A48BB2

6.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A48BB2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A48BB2	1.00	3.04	6.91	6.91
#FFFFFF	3.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8693B4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B95B1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A39098

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a48bb2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 139, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.3% 0.063 313.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfadc9',
    500: '#a48bb2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a48bb2;
$custom-light: #bfadc9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a48bb2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.462,
    "s": 20.207,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67272,
    "c": 0.06308,
    "h": 313.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.29572
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A48BB2

secondary

#CAD4C5

accent

#9F4766

background

#FBFAFC

surface

#F7F4F8

border

#D0CED1

text

#121013

muted

#817F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #A48BB2

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

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