#A48CD6#A48CD6

#A48CD6 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.315; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.109 H 298.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A48CD6
RGB	rgb(164, 140, 214)
HSL	hsl(259, 47%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(259, 35%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.4%, 34.6%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.93, 24.28, -34.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.93, 42.31, 305.02°)
OKLab	oklab(69% 0.052 -0.0961)
OKLCH	oklch(69% 0.109 298.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.8228, 31.5035, 67.7461)
Luminance	0.3150 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A48CD6 #BED68C

analogous

#8C99D6 #A48CD6 #C98CD6

triadic

#A48CD6 #D6A48C #8CD6A4

tetradic

#A48CD6 #D68C99 #BED68C #8CD6C9

square

#A48CD6 #D68C99 #BED68C #8CD6C9

split-complementary

#A48CD6 #D6C98C #99D68C

monochromatic

#603DAB #805FC6 #A48CD6 #C8B9E6 #EBE6F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.88

#A48CD6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.30

#A48CD6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A48CD6

7.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A48CD6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A48CD6	1.00	2.88	7.30	7.30
#FFFFFF	2.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A98D9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E98D4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9B98A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a48cd6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 140, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.109 298.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0ade3',
    500: '#a48cd6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a48cd6;
$custom-light: #c0ade3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a48cd6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.459,
    "s": 47.436,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68997,
    "c": 0.10924,
    "h": 298.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.31504
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A48CD6

secondary

#E3EAD4

accent

#BB2B8C

background

#FBFAFD

surface

#F7F4FB

border

#D0CED4

text

#121015

muted

#817F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A48CD6

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

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