#A48BC6#A48BC6

#A48BC6 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.304; OKLCH L 68.1% C 0.089 H 303.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A48BC6
RGB	rgb(164, 139, 198)
HSL	hsl(265, 34%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(265, 30%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.2%, 29.8%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.03, 21.14, -27.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.03, 34.37, 307.97°)
OKLab	oklab(68.09% 0.0493 -0.0745)
OKLCH	oklch(68.09% 0.089 303.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.7335, 30.4350, 57.4598)
Luminance	0.3044 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A48BC6 #ADC68B

analogous

#8B8FC6 #A48BC6 #C18BC6

triadic

#A48BC6 #C6A48B #8BC6A4

tetradic

#A48BC6 #C68B8F #ADC68B #8BC6C1

square

#A48BC6 #C68B8F #ADC68B #8BC6C1

split-complementary

#A48BC6 #C6C18B #8FC68B

monochromatic

#664790 #8462B2 #A48BC6 #C4B4DA #E4DDEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.96

#A48BC6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.09

#A48BC6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A48BC6

7.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A48BC6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A48BC6	1.00	2.96	7.09	7.09
#FFFFFF	2.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F95C8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8496C4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9F94A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a48bc6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 139, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.1% 0.089 303.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfadd7',
    500: '#a48bc6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a48bc6;
$custom-light: #bfadd7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a48bc6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.424,
    "s": 34.104,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6809,
    "c": 0.08932,
    "h": 303.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.30435
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A48BC6

secondary

#D8E0CD

accent

#AD397C

background

#FBFAFD

surface

#F7F4FA

border

#D0CED3

text

#121014

muted

#817F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A48BC6

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

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