#A48BEE#A48BEE

#A48BEE is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.325; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.143 H 294.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A48BEE
RGB	rgb(164, 139, 238)
HSL	hsl(255, 74%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(255, 42%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.1%, 41.6%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.78, 30.73, -46.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.78, 55.85, 303.38°)
OKLab	oklab(70% 0.0582 -0.1307)
OKLCH	oklch(70% 0.143 294)
XYZ	xyz(39.9712, 32.5301, 85.0454)
Luminance	0.3253 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A48BEE #D5EE8B

analogous

#8BA4EE #A48BEE #D68BEE

triadic

#A48BEE #EEA48B #8BEEA4

tetradic

#A48BEE #EE8BA4 #D5EE8B #8BEED6

square

#A48BEE #EE8BA4 #D5EE8B #8BEED6

split-complementary

#A48BEE #EED68B #A4EE8B

monochromatic

#5021DE #7A56E6 #A48BEE #CEC0F6 #EAE4FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.80

#A48BEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.51

#A48BEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A48BEE

7.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A48BEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A48BEE	1.00	2.80	7.51	7.51
#FFFFFF	2.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D9CF2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7199EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#939DB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a48bee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 139, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.143 294.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1adf4',
    500: '#a48bee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a48bee;
$custom-light: #c1adf4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a48bee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.152,
    "s": 74.436,
    "l": 73.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69999,
    "c": 0.14312,
    "h": 294
  },
  "luminance": 0.32531
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A48BEE

secondary

#ECF3D8

accent

#D70FA4

background

#FCFAFE

surface

#F8F4FD

border

#D1CED5

text

#131017

muted

#827F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #A48BEE

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

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