#A48EDD#A48EDD

#A48EDD is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.325; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.116 H 296.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A48EDD
RGB	rgb(164, 142, 221)
HSL	hsl(257, 54%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(257, 36%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.8%, 35.7%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.72, 24.82, -37.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.72, 44.82, 303.63°)
OKLab	oklab(69.7% 0.0508 -0.1038)
OKLCH	oklch(69.7% 0.116 296.1)
XYZ	xyz(38.0309, 32.4586, 72.6541)
Luminance	0.3246 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A48EDD #C7DD8E

analogous

#8E9FDD #A48EDD #CB8EDD

triadic

#A48EDD #DDA48E #8EDDA4

tetradic

#A48EDD #DD8E9F #C7DD8E #8EDDCB

square

#A48EDD #DD8E9F #C7DD8E #8EDDCB

split-complementary

#A48EDD #DDCB8E #9FDD8E

monochromatic

#5C38B9 #7E5FCF #A48EDD #CABDEB #ECE7F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.80

#A48EDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.49

#A48EDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A48EDD

7.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A48EDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A48EDD	1.00	2.80	7.49	7.49
#FFFFFF	2.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A9BE0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D99DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#989BAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a48edd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 142, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.116 296.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0afe8',
    500: '#a48edd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a48edd;
$custom-light: #c0afe8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a48edd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.709,
    "s": 53.741,
    "l": 71.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69699,
    "c": 0.11552,
    "h": 296.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.32459
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A48EDD

secondary

#E8EED9

accent

#C12496

background

#FBFAFE

surface

#F7F4FC

border

#D0CED5

text

#121016

muted

#817F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A48EDD

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

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