#A48CA4#A48CA4

#A48CA4 is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.293; OKLCH L 67.0% C 0.044 H 326.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A48CA4
RGB	rgb(164, 140, 164)
HSL	hsl(300, 12%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(300, 15%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.6%, 0%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.07, 13.40, -9.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.07, 16.31, 325.23°)
OKLab	oklab(66.95% 0.0369 -0.0248)
OKLCH	oklch(66.95% 0.044 326.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.3879, 29.3295, 39.1224)
Luminance	0.2933 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A48CA4 #8CA48C

analogous

#988CA4 #A48CA4 #A48C98

triadic

#A48CA4 #A4A48C #8CA4A4

tetradic

#A48CA4 #A4988C #8CA48C #8C98A4

square

#A48CA4 #A4988C #8CA48C #8C98A4

split-complementary

#A48CA4 #98A48C #8CA498

monochromatic

#655065 #886B88 #A48CA4 #BFAEBF #DAD0DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.06

#A48CA4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.87

#A48CA4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A48CA4

6.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A48CA4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A48CA4	1.00	3.06	6.87	6.87
#FFFFFF	3.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B92A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9094A3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A68E94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a48ca4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 140, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.0% 0.044 326.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfadbf',
    500: '#a48ca4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a48ca4;
$custom-light: #bfadbf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a48ca4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 11.65,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66954,
    "c": 0.04449,
    "h": 326.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.29329
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A48CA4

secondary

#C1CBC1

accent

#B57373

background

#FBFAFB

surface

#F7F4F7

border

#D0CED0

text

#121012

muted

#817F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #A48CA4

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

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