#A48BD2#A48BD2

#A48BD2 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.310; OKLCH L 68.6% C 0.105 H 299.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A48BD2
RGB	rgb(164, 139, 210)
HSL	hsl(261, 44%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(261, 34%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.9%, 33.8%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.52, 23.91, -33.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.52, 40.80, 305.87°)
OKLab	oklab(68.63% 0.0525 -0.0915)
OKLCH	oklch(68.63% 0.105 299.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.1728, 31.0108, 65.0402)
Luminance	0.3101 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A48BD2 #B9D28B

analogous

#8B95D2 #A48BD2 #C78BD2

triadic

#A48BD2 #D2A48B #8BD2A4

tetradic

#A48BD2 #D28B95 #B9D28B #8BD2C7

square

#A48BD2 #D28B95 #B9D28B #8BD2C7

split-complementary

#A48BD2 #D2C78B #95D28B

monochromatic

#633FA3 #815FC1 #A48BD2 #C7B7E3 #E9E3F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.92

#A48BD2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.20

#A48BD2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A48BD2

7.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A48BD2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A48BD2	1.00	2.92	7.20	7.20
#FFFFFF	2.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A97D5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F97D0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C96A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a48bd2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 139, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.6% 0.105 299.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0ade0',
    500: '#a48bd2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a48bd2;
$custom-light: #c0ade0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a48bd2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.127,
    "s": 44.099,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68626,
    "c": 0.10548,
    "h": 299.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.31011
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A48BD2

secondary

#E0E7D2

accent

#B72E87

background

#FBFAFD

surface

#F7F4FB

border

#D0CED4

text

#121015

muted

#817F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A48BD2

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

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