#A48BCB#A48BCB

#A48BCB is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.307; OKLCH L 68.3% C 0.096 H 301.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A48BCB
RGB	rgb(164, 139, 203)
HSL	hsl(263, 38%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(263, 32%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.2%, 31.5%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.23, 22.28, -29.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.23, 37.04, 306.98°)
OKLab	oklab(68.31% 0.0507 -0.0816)
OKLCH	oklch(68.31% 0.096 301.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.3197, 30.6695, 60.5474)
Luminance	0.3067 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A48BCB #B2CB8B

analogous

#8B92CB #A48BCB #C48BCB

triadic

#A48BCB #CBA48B #8BCBA4

tetradic

#A48BCB #CB8B92 #B2CB8B #8BCBC4

square

#A48BCB #CB8B92 #B2CB8B #8BCBC4

split-complementary

#A48BCB #CBC48B #92CB8B

monochromatic

#654498 #8361B8 #A48BCB #C5B5DE #E6E0F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.94

#A48BCB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.13

#A48BCB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A48BCB

7.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A48BCB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A48BCB	1.00	2.94	7.13	7.13
#FFFFFF	2.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D96CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8296C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D95A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a48bcb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 139, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.3% 0.096 301.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0addb',
    500: '#a48bcb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a48bcb;
$custom-light: #c0addb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a48bcb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.438,
    "s": 38.095,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6831,
    "c": 0.09604,
    "h": 301.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.3067
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A48BCB

secondary

#DBE3CF

accent

#B13480

background

#FBFAFD

surface

#F7F4FB

border

#D0CED4

text

#121015

muted

#817F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A48BCB

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

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