#A48CA2#A48CA2

#A48CA2 is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.293; OKLCH L 66.9% C 0.042 H 328.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A48CA2
RGB	rgb(164, 140, 162)
HSL	hsl(305, 12%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(305, 15%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.6%, 1.2%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.01, 13.01, -8.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.01, 15.41, 327.60°)
OKLab	oklab(66.88% 0.0362 -0.022)
OKLCH	oklch(66.88% 0.042 328.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.2087, 29.2579, 38.1787)
Luminance	0.2926 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A48CA2 #8CA48E

analogous

#9A8CA4 #A48CA2 #A48C96

triadic

#A48CA2 #A2A48C #8CA2A4

tetradic

#A48CA2 #A49A8C #8CA48E #8C96A4

square

#A48CA2 #A49A8C #8CA48E #8C96A4

split-complementary

#A48CA2 #96A48C #8CA49A

monochromatic

#655064 #886B85 #A48CA2 #BFAEBE #DAD0D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.07

#A48CA2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.85

#A48CA2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A48CA2

6.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A48CA2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A48CA2	1.00	3.07	6.85	6.85
#FFFFFF	3.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B91A3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9094A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A68D93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a48ca2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 140, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.9% 0.042 328.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfadbd',
    500: '#a48ca2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a48ca2;
$custom-light: #bfadbd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a48ca2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 305,
    "s": 11.65,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66885,
    "c": 0.04234,
    "h": 328.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.29257
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A48CA2

secondary

#C1CBC2

accent

#B57973

background

#FBFAFB

surface

#F7F4F6

border

#D0CED0

text

#121012

muted

#817F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #A48CA2

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

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