#A488A4#A488A4

#A488A4 is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.282; OKLCH L 66.2% C 0.052 H 326.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A488A4
RGB	rgb(164, 136, 164)
HSL	hsl(300, 13%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(300, 17%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.1%, 0%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.05, 15.67, -10.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.05, 19.05, 325.36°)
OKLab	oklab(66.17% 0.0432 -0.029)
OKLCH	oklch(66.17% 0.052 326.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.8140, 28.1818, 38.9311)
Luminance	0.2818 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A488A4 #88A488

analogous

#9688A4 #A488A4 #A48896

triadic

#A488A4 #A4A488 #88A4A4

tetradic

#A488A4 #A49688 #88A488 #8896A4

square

#A488A4 #A49688 #88A488 #8896A4

split-complementary

#A488A4 #96A488 #88A496

monochromatic

#654D65 #876787 #A488A4 #BFABBF #D9CDD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.16

#A488A4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.64

#A488A4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A488A4

6.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A488A4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A488A4	1.00	3.16	6.64	6.64
#FFFFFF	3.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#868FA5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C92A3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A68A91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a488a4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 136, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.2% 0.052 326.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfaabf',
    500: '#a488a4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a488a4;
$custom-light: #bfaabf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a488a4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 13.333,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66166,
    "c": 0.05201,
    "h": 326.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.28181
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A488A4

secondary

#BEC9BE

accent

#B67272

background

#FBFAFB

surface

#F7F4F7

border

#D0CED0

text

#121012

muted

#817F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #A488A4

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

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