#A48BC2#A48BC2

#A48BC2 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.303; OKLCH L 67.9% C 0.084 H 305.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A48BC2
RGB	rgb(164, 139, 194)
HSL	hsl(267, 31%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(267, 28%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.5%, 28.4%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.87, 20.25, -25.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.87, 32.23, 308.91°)
OKLab	oklab(67.92% 0.0482 -0.0687)
OKLCH	oklch(67.92% 0.084 305)
XYZ	xyz(34.2782, 30.2529, 55.0620)
Luminance	0.3025 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A48BC2 #A9C28B

analogous

#8B8DC2 #A48BC2 #BF8BC2

triadic

#A48BC2 #C2A48B #8BC2A4

tetradic

#A48BC2 #C28B8D #A9C28B #8BC2BF

square

#A48BC2 #C28B8D #A9C28B #8BC2BF

split-complementary

#A48BC2 #C2BF8B #8DC28B

monochromatic

#66498A #8563AD #A48BC2 #C3B3D7 #E3DBEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.98

#A48BC2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.05

#A48BC2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A48BC2

7.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A48BC2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A48BC2	1.00	2.98	7.05	7.05
#FFFFFF	2.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8195C4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8596C0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A0939E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a48bc2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 139, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.9% 0.084 305.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfadd4',
    500: '#a48bc2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a48bc2;
$custom-light: #bfadd4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a48bc2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.273,
    "s": 31.073,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67919,
    "c": 0.08396,
    "h": 305
  },
  "luminance": 0.30253
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A48BC2

secondary

#D5DECB

accent

#AA3C78

background

#FBFAFD

surface

#F7F4FA

border

#D0CED3

text

#121014

muted

#817F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A48BC2

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

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