#A48CBB#A48CBB

#A48CBB is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.302; OKLCH L 67.8% C 0.073 H 307.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A48CBB
RGB	rgb(164, 140, 187)
HSL	hsl(271, 26%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(271, 25%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.3%, 25.1%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.86, 18.14, -21.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.86, 27.87, 310.62°)
OKLab	oklab(67.82% 0.0446 -0.0577)
OKLCH	oklch(67.82% 0.073 307.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.6559, 30.2367, 51.0673)
Luminance	0.3024 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A48CBB #A3BB8C

analogous

#8D8CBB #A48CBB #BB8CBB

triadic

#A48CBB #BBA48C #8CBBA4

tetradic

#A48CBB #BB8D8C #A3BB8C #8CBBBB

square

#A48CBB #BB8D8C #A3BB8C #8CBBBB

split-complementary

#A48CBB #BBBB8C #8CBB8D

monochromatic

#674C81 #8666A4 #A48CBB #C2B2D2 #E1D9E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.98

#A48CBB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.05

#A48CBB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A48CBB

7.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A48CBB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A48CBB	1.00	2.98	7.05	7.05
#FFFFFF	2.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8494BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8996BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A1929C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a48cbb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 140, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.8% 0.073 307.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfadcf',
    500: '#a48cbb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a48cbb;
$custom-light: #bfadcf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a48cbb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.638,
    "s": 25.683,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67822,
    "c": 0.07293,
    "h": 307.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.30237
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A48CBB

secondary

#D1DAC9

accent

#A44172

background

#FBFAFC

surface

#F7F4F9

border

#D0CED2

text

#121013

muted

#817F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #A48CBB

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

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