#A48BC7#A48BC7

#A48BC7 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.305; OKLCH L 68.1% C 0.091 H 303.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A48BC7
RGB	rgb(164, 139, 199)
HSL	hsl(265, 35%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(265, 30%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.6%, 30.2%, 0%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.07, 21.37, -27.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.07, 34.90, 307.76°)
OKLab	oklab(68.13% 0.0496 -0.0759)
OKLCH	oklch(68.13% 0.091 303.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.8492, 30.4813, 58.0693)
Luminance	0.3048 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A48BC7 #AEC78B

analogous

#8B90C7 #A48BC7 #C28BC7

triadic

#A48BC7 #C7A48B #8BC7A4

tetradic

#A48BC7 #C78B90 #AEC78B #8BC7C2

square

#A48BC7 #C78B90 #AEC78B #8BC7C2

split-complementary

#A48BC7 #C7C28B #90C78B

monochromatic

#664691 #8462B3 #A48BC7 #C4B4DB #E5DEEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.96

#A48BC7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.10

#A48BC7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A48BC7

7.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A48BC7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A48BC7	1.00	2.96	7.10	7.10
#FFFFFF	2.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F95C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8396C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9E94A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a48bc7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 139, 199);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.1% 0.091 303.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfadd8',
    500: '#a48bc7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a48bc7;
$custom-light: #bfadd8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a48bc7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 199
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265,
    "s": 34.884,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68134,
    "c": 0.09066,
    "h": 303.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.30481
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A48BC7

secondary

#D9E1CD

accent

#AE387D

background

#FBFAFD

surface

#F7F4FA

border

#D0CED3

text

#121014

muted

#817F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A48BC7

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

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