#A48BEC#A48BEC

#A48BEC is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.324; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.140 H 294.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A48BEC
RGB	rgb(164, 139, 236)
HSL	hsl(255, 72%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(255, 41%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.5%, 41.1%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.68, 30.23, -45.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.68, 54.78, 303.49°)
OKLab	oklab(69.9% 0.0579 -0.128)
OKLCH	oklch(69.9% 0.14 294.3)
XYZ	xyz(39.6790, 32.4133, 83.5065)
Luminance	0.3241 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A48BEC #D3EC8B

analogous

#8BA2EC #A48BEC #D48BEC

triadic

#A48BEC #ECA48B #8BECA4

tetradic

#A48BEC #EC8BA2 #D3EC8B #8BECD4

square

#A48BEC #EC8BA2 #D3EC8B #8BECD4

split-complementary

#A48BEC #ECD48B #A2EC8B

monochromatic

#5224D9 #7B56E3 #A48BEC #CDC0F5 #EAE5FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.81

#A48BEC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.48

#A48BEC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A48BEC

7.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A48BEC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A48BEC	1.00	2.81	7.48	7.48
#FFFFFF	2.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E9BF0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7299EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#949DB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a48bec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 139, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.140 294.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1adf2',
    500: '#a48bec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a48bec;
$custom-light: #c1adf2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a48bec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.464,
    "s": 71.852,
    "l": 73.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69895,
    "c": 0.14045,
    "h": 294.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.32414
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A48BEC

secondary

#ECF2D9

accent

#D412A2

background

#FCFAFE

surface

#F8F4FD

border

#D1CED5

text

#131017

muted

#827F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #A48BEC

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

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