#A48BB5#A48BB5

#A48BB5 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.297; OKLCH L 67.4% C 0.067 H 311.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A48BB5
RGB	rgb(164, 139, 181)
HSL	hsl(276, 22%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(276, 23%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.4%, 23.2%, 0%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.39, 17.42, -18.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.39, 25.39, 313.33°)
OKLab	oklab(67.39% 0.0443 -0.0502)
OKLCH	oklch(67.39% 0.067 311.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.8815, 29.6943, 47.7064)
Luminance	0.2969 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A48BB5 #9CB58B

analogous

#8F8BB5 #A48BB5 #B58BB1

triadic

#A48BB5 #B5A48B #8BB5A4

tetradic

#A48BB5 #B58F8B #9CB58B #8BB1B5

square

#A48BB5 #B58F8B #9CB58B #8BB1B5

split-complementary

#A48BB5 #B1B58B #8BB58F

monochromatic

#674D79 #87669D #A48BB5 #C1B0CD #DFD6E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.03

#A48BB5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.94

#A48BB5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A48BB5

6.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A48BB5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A48BB5	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)

#8593B7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A95B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A29099

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a48bb5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 139, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.4% 0.067 311.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfadcb',
    500: '#a48bb5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a48bb5;
$custom-light: #bfadcb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a48bb5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.714,
    "s": 22.105,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67389,
    "c": 0.0669,
    "h": 311.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.29694
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A48BB5

secondary

#CCD5C6

accent

#A1456A

background

#FBFAFC

surface

#F7F4F8

border

#D0CED1

text

#121013

muted

#817F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #A48BB5

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

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