#A48EA2#A48EA2

#A48EA2 is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.298; OKLCH L 67.3% C 0.039 H 328.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A48EA2
RGB	rgb(164, 142, 162)
HSL	hsl(305, 11%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(305, 13%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.4%, 1.2%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.52, 11.88, -7.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.52, 14.04, 327.76°)
OKLab	oklab(67.28% 0.033 -0.0199)
OKLCH	oklch(67.28% 0.039 328.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.5036, 29.8477, 38.2770)
Luminance	0.2985 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A48EA2 #8EA490

analogous

#9B8EA4 #A48EA2 #A48E97

triadic

#A48EA2 #A2A48E #8EA2A4

tetradic

#A48EA2 #A49B8E #8EA490 #8E97A4

square

#A48EA2 #A49B8E #8EA490 #8E97A4

split-complementary

#A48EA2 #97A48E #8EA49B

monochromatic

#665264 #886D85 #A48EA2 #BFB0BE #DBD2DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.01

#A48EA2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.97

#A48EA2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A48EA2

6.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A48EA2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A48EA2	1.00	3.01	6.97	6.97
#FFFFFF	3.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D93A3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9296A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A68F95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a48ea2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 142, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.3% 0.039 328.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfafbd',
    500: '#a48ea2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a48ea2;
$custom-light: #bfafbd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a48ea2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 305.455,
    "s": 10.784,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67283,
    "c": 0.03859,
    "h": 328.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.29847
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A48EA2

secondary

#C3CBC3

accent

#B47A74

background

#FBFAFB

surface

#F7F4F6

border

#D0CED0

text

#121012

muted

#817F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #A48EA2

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

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