#A48BC3#A48BC3

#A48BC3 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.303; OKLCH L 68.0% C 0.085 H 304.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A48BC3
RGB	rgb(164, 139, 195)
HSL	hsl(267, 32%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(267, 29%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.9%, 28.7%, 0%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.91, 20.47, -25.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.91, 32.76, 308.67°)
OKLab	oklab(67.96% 0.0485 -0.0702)
OKLCH	oklch(67.96% 0.085 304.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.3909, 30.2980, 55.6555)
Luminance	0.3030 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A48BC3 #AAC38B

analogous

#8B8EC3 #A48BC3 #C08BC3

triadic

#A48BC3 #C3A48B #8BC3A4

tetradic

#A48BC3 #C38B8E #AAC38B #8BC3C0

square

#A48BC3 #C38B8E #AAC38B #8BC3C0

split-complementary

#A48BC3 #C3C08B #8EC38B

monochromatic

#66488B #8463AE #A48BC3 #C4B3D8 #E3DCED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.97

#A48BC3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.06

#A48BC3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A48BC3

7.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A48BC3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A48BC3	1.00	2.97	7.06	7.06
#FFFFFF	2.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8095C5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8596C1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9F939F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a48bc3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 139, 195);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.0% 0.085 304.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfadd5',
    500: '#a48bc3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a48bc3;
$custom-light: #bfadd5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a48bc3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 195
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.786,
    "s": 31.818,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67962,
    "c": 0.0853,
    "h": 304.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.30298
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A48BC3

secondary

#D6DECC

accent

#AB3B79

background

#FBFAFD

surface

#F7F4FA

border

#D0CED3

text

#121014

muted

#817F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A48BC3

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

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