#A48ECD#A48ECD

#A48ECD is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.316; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.094 H 300.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A48ECD
RGB	rgb(164, 142, 205)
HSL	hsl(261, 39%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(261, 31%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(20%, 30.7%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.05, 21.03, -29.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.05, 36.18, 305.54°)
OKLab	oklab(68.97% 0.0468 -0.0812)
OKLCH	oklch(68.97% 0.094 300)
XYZ	xyz(35.9999, 31.6462, 61.9575)
Luminance	0.3165 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A48ECD #B7CD8E

analogous

#8E97CD #A48ECD #C38ECD

triadic

#A48ECD #CDA48E #8ECDA4

tetradic

#A48ECD #CD8E97 #B7CD8E #8ECDC3

square

#A48ECD #CD8E97 #B7CD8E #8ECDC3

split-complementary

#A48ECD #CDC38E #97CD8E

monochromatic

#63459C #8264BA #A48ECD #C6B8E0 #E8E3F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.87

#A48ECD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.33

#A48ECD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A48ECD

7.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A48ECD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A48ECD	1.00	2.87	7.33	7.33
#FFFFFF	2.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8098D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8498CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D98A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a48ecd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 142, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.094 300.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0afdc',
    500: '#a48ecd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a48ecd;
$custom-light: #c0afdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a48ecd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.952,
    "s": 38.65,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68966,
    "c": 0.09372,
    "h": 300
  },
  "luminance": 0.31646
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A48ECD

secondary

#DEE5D2

accent

#B23486

background

#FBFAFD

surface

#F7F4FB

border

#D0CED4

text

#121015

muted

#817F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A48ECD

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

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