#A48EA9#A48EA9

#A48EA9 is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.301; OKLCH L 67.5% C 0.046 H 320.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A48EA9
RGB	rgb(164, 142, 169)
HSL	hsl(289, 14%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(289, 16%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(3%, 16%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.74, 13.25, -11.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.74, 17.31, 319.96°)
OKLab	oklab(67.53% 0.0356 -0.0299)
OKLCH	oklch(67.53% 0.046 320)
XYZ	xyz(32.1432, 30.1035, 41.6457)
Luminance	0.3010 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A48EA9 #93A98E

analogous

#968EA9 #A48EA9 #A98EA0

triadic

#A48EA9 #A9A48E #8EA9A4

tetradic

#A48EA9 #A9968E #93A98E #8EA0A9

square

#A48EA9 #A9968E #93A98E #8EA0A9

split-complementary

#A48EA9 #A0A98E #8EA996

monochromatic

#66526B #886C8E #A48EA9 #C0B1C3 #DCD4DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.99

#A48EA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.02

#A48EA9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A48EA9

7.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A48EA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A48EA9	1.00	2.99	7.02	7.02
#FFFFFF	2.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B94AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9096A8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A59197

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a48ea9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 142, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.5% 0.046 320.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfafc2',
    500: '#a48ea9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a48ea9;
$custom-light: #bfafc2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a48ea9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288.889,
    "s": 13.568,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67528,
    "c": 0.04646,
    "h": 320
  },
  "luminance": 0.30103
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A48EA9

secondary

#C6CEC4

accent

#984E5B

background

#FBFAFB

surface

#F7F4F7

border

#D0CED0

text

#121012

muted

#817F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #A48EA9

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

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