#A48EA6#A48EA6

#A48EA6 is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.300; OKLCH L 67.4% C 0.043 H 323.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A48EA6
RGB	rgb(164, 142, 166)
HSL	hsl(295, 12%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(295, 14%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.2%, 14.5%, 0%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.65, 12.66, -9.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.65, 15.87, 322.88°)
OKLab	oklab(67.42% 0.0345 -0.0256)
OKLCH	oklch(67.42% 0.043 323.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.8648, 29.9921, 40.1794)
Luminance	0.2999 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A48EA6 #90A68E

analogous

#988EA6 #A48EA6 #A68E9C

triadic

#A48EA6 #A6A48E #8EA6A4

tetradic

#A48EA6 #A6988E #90A68E #8E9CA6

square

#A48EA6 #A6988E #90A68E #8E9CA6

split-complementary

#A48EA6 #9CA68E #8EA698

monochromatic

#665268 #886D8A #A48EA6 #C0B0C1 #DBD2DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.00

#A48EA6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

7.00

#A48EA6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A48EA6

7.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A48EA6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A48EA6	1.00	3.00	7.00	7.00
#FFFFFF	3.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C93A7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9196A5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A59096

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a48ea6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 142, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.4% 0.043 323.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfafc0',
    500: '#a48ea6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a48ea6;
$custom-light: #bfafc0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a48ea6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 295,
    "s": 11.881,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67422,
    "c": 0.04297,
    "h": 323.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.29992
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A48EA6

secondary

#C4CCC3

accent

#965055

background

#FBFAFB

surface

#F7F4F7

border

#D0CED0

text

#121012

muted

#817F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #A48EA6

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

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