#A48BD8#A48BD8

#A48BD8 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.313; OKLCH L 68.9% C 0.114 H 298.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A48BD8
RGB	rgb(164, 139, 216)
HSL	hsl(259, 50%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(259, 36%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.1%, 35.6%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.77, 25.33, -36.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.77, 44.03, 305.12°)
OKLab	oklab(68.91% 0.0539 -0.1)
OKLCH	oklch(68.91% 0.114 298.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.9343, 31.3154, 69.0511)
Luminance	0.3132 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A48BD8 #BFD88B

analogous

#8B99D8 #A48BD8 #CB8BD8

triadic

#A48BD8 #D8A48B #8BD8A4

tetradic

#A48BD8 #D88B99 #BFD88B #8BD8CB

square

#A48BD8 #D88B99 #BFD88B #8BD8CB

split-complementary

#A48BD8 #D8CB8B #99D88B

monochromatic

#603BAE #805DC9 #A48BD8 #C8B9E7 #ECE7F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.89

#A48BD8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.26

#A48BD8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A48BD8

7.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A48BD8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A48BD8	1.00	2.89	7.26	7.26
#FFFFFF	2.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7898DB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C97D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A98A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a48bd8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 139, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.9% 0.114 298.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0ade4',
    500: '#a48bd8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a48bd8;
$custom-light: #c0ade4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a48bd8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.481,
    "s": 49.677,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68906,
    "c": 0.11357,
    "h": 298.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.31316
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A48BD8

secondary

#E3EAD4

accent

#BD288D

background

#FBFAFE

surface

#F7F4FC

border

#D0CED5

text

#121015

muted

#817F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A48BD8

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

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