#A486A6#A486A6

#A486A6 is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.277; OKLCH L 65.8% C 0.058 H 324.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A486A6
RGB	rgb(164, 134, 166)
HSL	hsl(296, 15%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(296, 19%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.2%, 19.3%, 0%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.61, 17.20, -12.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.61, 21.34, 323.72°)
OKLab	oklab(65.85% 0.047 -0.0339)
OKLCH	oklch(65.85% 0.058 324.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.7170, 27.6965, 39.7968)
Luminance	0.2770 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A486A6 #88A686

analogous

#9486A6 #A486A6 #A68698

triadic

#A486A6 #A6A486 #86A6A4

tetradic

#A486A6 #A69486 #88A686 #8698A6

square

#A486A6 #A69486 #88A686 #8698A6

split-complementary

#A486A6 #98A686 #86A694

monochromatic

#654B66 #87658A #A486A6 #BFA9C0 #D9CDDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.21

#A486A6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.54

#A486A6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A486A6

6.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A486A6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A486A6	1.00	3.21	6.54	6.54
#FFFFFF	3.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#848DA7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A91A5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A68991

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a486a6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 134, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.8% 0.058 324.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfa9c0',
    500: '#a486a6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a486a6;
$custom-light: #bfa9c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a486a6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 134,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 296.25,
    "s": 15.238,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65849,
    "c": 0.05799,
    "h": 324.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.27696
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A486A6

secondary

#BECABE

accent

#B87074

background

#FBFAFB

surface

#F7F4F7

border

#D0CED0

text

#121012

muted

#817F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #A486A6

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

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