#A48BBD#A48BBD

#A48BBD is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.300; OKLCH L 67.7% C 0.077 H 307.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A48BBD
RGB	rgb(164, 139, 189)
HSL	hsl(270, 27%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(270, 26%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.2%, 26.5%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.68, 19.14, -22.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.68, 29.58, 310.33°)
OKLab	oklab(67.71% 0.0467 -0.0616)
OKLCH	oklch(67.71% 0.077 307.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.7261, 30.0321, 52.1543)
Luminance	0.3003 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A48BBD #A4BD8B

analogous

#8B8BBD #A48BBD #BD8BBD

triadic

#A48BBD #BDA48B #8BBDA4

tetradic

#A48BBD #BD8B8B #A4BD8B #8BBDBD

square

#A48BBD #BD8B8B #A4BD8B #8BBDBD

split-complementary

#A48BBD #BDBD8B #8BBD8B

monochromatic

#674B83 #8564A7 #A48BBD #C3B2D3 #E1D9E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.00

#A48BBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

7.01

#A48BBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A48BBD

7.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A48BBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A48BBD	1.00	3.00	7.01	7.01
#FFFFFF	3.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8294BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8795BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A1929D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a48bbd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 139, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.7% 0.077 307.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfadd1',
    500: '#a48bbd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a48bbd;
$custom-light: #bfadd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a48bbd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 27.473,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67711,
    "c": 0.07733,
    "h": 307.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.30032
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A48BBD

secondary

#D2DBC9

accent

#A63F73

background

#FBFAFC

surface

#F7F4F9

border

#D0CED2

text

#121014

muted

#817F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #A48BBD

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

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