#A48EAE#A48EAE

#A48EAE is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.303; OKLCH L 67.7% C 0.053 H 315.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A48EAE
RGB	rgb(164, 142, 174)
HSL	hsl(281, 16%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(281, 18%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.7%, 18.4%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.91, 14.26, -13.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.91, 19.79, 316.10°)
OKLab	oklab(67.71% 0.0373 -0.037)
OKLCH	oklch(67.71% 0.053 315.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.6216, 30.2949, 44.1652)
Luminance	0.3029 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A48EAE #98AE8E

analogous

#948EAE #A48EAE #AE8EA8

triadic

#A48EAE #AEA48E #8EAEA4

tetradic

#A48EAE #AE948E #98AE8E #8EA8AE

square

#A48EAE #AE948E #98AE8E #8EA8AE

split-complementary

#A48EAE #A8AE8E #8EAE94

monochromatic

#675171 #876A94 #A48EAE #C1B2C8 #DDD5E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.97

#A48EAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.06

#A48EAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A48EAE

7.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A48EAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A48EAE	1.00	2.97	7.06	7.06
#FFFFFF	2.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A94AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F96AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A49199

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a48eae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 142, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.7% 0.053 315.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfafc6',
    500: '#a48eae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a48eae;
$custom-light: #bfafc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a48eae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.25,
    "s": 16.495,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67709,
    "c": 0.05256,
    "h": 315.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.30295
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A48EAE

secondary

#CAD2C6

accent

#9B4B64

background

#FBFAFC

surface

#F7F4F8

border

#D0CED1

text

#121013

muted

#817F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #A48EAE

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

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