#A48CAC#A48CAC

#A48CAC is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.296; OKLCH L 67.2% C 0.054 H 317.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A48CAC
RGB	rgb(164, 140, 172)
HSL	hsl(285, 16%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(285, 19%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.7%, 18.6%, 0%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.33, 14.99, -13.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.33, 20.15, 318.08°)
OKLab	oklab(67.24% 0.0397 -0.0362)
OKLCH	oklch(67.24% 0.054 317.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.1332, 29.6277, 43.0477)
Luminance	0.2963 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A48CAC #94AC8C

analogous

#948CAC #A48CAC #AC8CA4

triadic

#A48CAC #ACA48C #8CACA4

tetradic

#A48CAC #AC948C #94AC8C #8CA4AC

square

#A48CAC #AC948C #94AC8C #8CA4AC

split-complementary

#A48CAC #A4AC8C #8CAC94

monochromatic

#664F6E #886992 #A48CAC #C0B0C6 #DCD3DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.03

#A48CAC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.93

#A48CAC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A48CAC

6.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A48CAC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A48CAC	1.00	3.03	6.93	6.93
#FFFFFF	3.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8893AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D95AB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A48F97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a48cac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 140, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.2% 0.054 317.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfadc4',
    500: '#a48cac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a48cac;
$custom-light: #bfadc4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a48cac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285,
    "s": 16.162,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67242,
    "c": 0.05378,
    "h": 317.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.29627
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A48CAC

secondary

#C7D0C4

accent

#9A4B5F

background

#FBFAFC

surface

#F7F4F8

border

#D0CED1

text

#121012

muted

#817F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #A48CAC

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

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