#A48BCD#A48BCD

#A48BCD is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.308; OKLCH L 68.4% C 0.099 H 301.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A48BCD
RGB	rgb(164, 139, 205)
HSL	hsl(263, 40%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(263, 32%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(20%, 32.2%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.31, 22.74, -30.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.31, 38.11, 306.63°)
OKLab	oklab(68.4% 0.0512 -0.0844)
OKLCH	oklch(68.4% 0.099 301.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.5596, 30.7655, 61.8107)
Luminance	0.3077 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A48BCD #B4CD8B

analogous

#8B93CD #A48BCD #C58BCD

triadic

#A48BCD #CDA48B #8BCDA4

tetradic

#A48BCD #CD8B93 #B4CD8B #8BCDC5

square

#A48BCD #CD8B93 #B4CD8B #8BCDC5

split-complementary

#A48BCD #CDC58B #93CD8B

monochromatic

#64439B #8260BB #A48BCD #C6B6DF #E7E1F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.94

#A48BCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.15

#A48BCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A48BCD

7.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A48BCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A48BCD	1.00	2.94	7.15	7.15
#FFFFFF	2.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C96D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8196CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D95A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a48bcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 139, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.4% 0.099 301.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0addc',
    500: '#a48bcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a48bcd;
$custom-light: #c0addc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a48bcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.727,
    "s": 39.759,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68399,
    "c": 0.09873,
    "h": 301.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.30766
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A48BCD

secondary

#DCE4D0

accent

#B33382

background

#FBFAFD

surface

#F7F4FB

border

#D0CED4

text

#121015

muted

#817F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A48BCD

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

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