#A48EA4#A48EA4

#A48EA4 is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.299; OKLCH L 67.4% C 0.041 H 326.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A48EA4
RGB	rgb(164, 142, 164)
HSL	hsl(300, 11%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(300, 13%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.4%, 0%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.58, 12.27, -8.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.58, 14.94, 325.16°)
OKLab	oklab(67.35% 0.0338 -0.0228)
OKLCH	oklch(67.35% 0.041 326)
XYZ	xyz(31.6828, 29.9193, 39.2207)
Luminance	0.2992 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A48EA4 #8EA48E

analogous

#998EA4 #A48EA4 #A48E99

triadic

#A48EA4 #A4A48E #8EA4A4

tetradic

#A48EA4 #A4998E #8EA48E #8E99A4

square

#A48EA4 #A4998E #8EA48E #8E99A4

split-complementary

#A48EA4 #99A48E #8EA499

monochromatic

#665266 #886D88 #A48EA4 #BFB0BF #DBD2DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.01

#A48EA4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.98

#A48EA4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A48EA4

6.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A48EA4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A48EA4	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)

#8D93A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9196A3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A69095

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a48ea4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 142, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.4% 0.041 326.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfafbf',
    500: '#a48ea4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a48ea4;
$custom-light: #bfafbf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a48ea4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 10.784,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67352,
    "c": 0.04074,
    "h": 326
  },
  "luminance": 0.29919
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A48EA4

secondary

#C3CBC3

accent

#B47474

background

#FBFAFB

surface

#F7F4F7

border

#D0CED0

text

#121012

muted

#817F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #A48EA4

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

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