#A486AA#A486AA

#A486AA is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.278; OKLCH L 66.0% C 0.063 H 320.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A486AA
RGB	rgb(164, 134, 170)
HSL	hsl(290, 17%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(290, 21%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.5%, 21.2%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.75, 18.00, -14.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.75, 23.25, 320.75°)
OKLab	oklab(66% 0.0484 -0.0396)
OKLCH	oklch(66% 0.063 320.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.0896, 27.8455, 41.7594)
Luminance	0.2784 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A486AA #8CAA86

analogous

#9286AA #A486AA #AA869E

triadic

#A486AA #AAA486 #86AAA4

tetradic

#A486AA #AA9286 #8CAA86 #869EAA

square

#A486AA #AA9286 #8CAA86 #869EAA

split-complementary

#A486AA #9EAA86 #86AA92

monochromatic

#654B6B #88648F #A486AA #BFAAC3 #DACEDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.20

#A486AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.57

#A486AA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A486AA

6.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A486AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A486AA	1.00	3.20	6.57	6.57
#FFFFFF	3.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#838EAC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8991A9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A58992

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a486aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 134, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.0% 0.063 320.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfa9c3',
    500: '#a486aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a486aa;
$custom-light: #bfa9c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a486aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 134,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 290,
    "s": 17.476,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65998,
    "c": 0.06256,
    "h": 320.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.27845
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A486AA

secondary

#C1CDBF

accent

#BA6E7A

background

#FBFAFC

surface

#F7F4F8

border

#D0CED1

text

#121012

muted

#817F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #A486AA

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

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