#A488A6#A488A6

#A488A6 is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.283; OKLCH L 66.2% C 0.054 H 324.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A488A6
RGB	rgb(164, 136, 166)
HSL	hsl(296, 14%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(296, 18%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.2%, 18.1%, 0%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.12, 16.06, -11.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.12, 19.97, 323.54°)
OKLab	oklab(66.24% 0.0439 -0.0318)
OKLCH	oklch(66.24% 0.054 324)
XYZ	xyz(30.9961, 28.2546, 39.8898)
Luminance	0.2825 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A488A6 #8AA688

analogous

#9588A6 #A488A6 #A68899

triadic

#A488A6 #A6A488 #88A6A4

tetradic

#A488A6 #A69588 #8AA688 #8899A6

square

#A488A6 #A69588 #8AA688 #8899A6

split-complementary

#A488A6 #99A688 #88A695

monochromatic

#654D67 #87678A #A488A6 #BFABC0 #DACEDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.16

#A488A6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.65

#A488A6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A488A6

6.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A488A6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A488A6	1.00	3.16	6.65	6.65
#FFFFFF	3.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#868FA7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C92A5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A68B92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a488a6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 136, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.2% 0.054 324.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfaac0',
    500: '#a488a6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a488a6;
$custom-light: #bfaac0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a488a6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 296,
    "s": 14.423,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66238,
    "c": 0.05422,
    "h": 324
  },
  "luminance": 0.28254
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A488A6

secondary

#C0CBBF

accent

#B77175

background

#FBFAFB

surface

#F7F4F7

border

#D0CED0

text

#121012

muted

#817F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #A488A6

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

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