#A48EA3#A48EA3

#A48EA3 is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.299; OKLCH L 67.3% C 0.040 H 327.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A48EA3
RGB	rgb(164, 142, 163)
HSL	hsl(303, 11%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(303, 13%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.4%, 0.6%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.55, 12.07, -8.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.55, 14.49, 326.42°)
OKLab	oklab(67.32% 0.0334 -0.0213)
OKLCH	oklch(67.32% 0.04 327.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.5929, 29.8834, 38.7470)
Luminance	0.2988 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A48EA3 #8EA48F

analogous

#9A8EA4 #A48EA3 #A48E98

triadic

#A48EA3 #A3A48E #8EA3A4

tetradic

#A48EA3 #A49A8E #8EA48F #8E98A4

square

#A48EA3 #A49A8E #8EA48F #8E98A4

split-complementary

#A48EA3 #98A48E #8EA49A

monochromatic

#665265 #886D86 #A48EA3 #BFB0BF #DBD2DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.01

#A48EA3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.98

#A48EA3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A48EA3

6.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A48EA3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A48EA3	1.00	3.01	6.98	6.98
#FFFFFF	3.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D93A4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9296A2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A68F95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a48ea3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 142, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.3% 0.040 327.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfafbe',
    500: '#a48ea3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a48ea3;
$custom-light: #bfafbe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a48ea3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 302.727,
    "s": 10.784,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67318,
    "c": 0.03965,
    "h": 327.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.29883
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A48EA3

secondary

#C3CBC3

accent

#B47774

background

#FBFAFB

surface

#F7F4F6

border

#D0CED0

text

#121012

muted

#817F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #A48EA3

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

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