#A488A8#A488A8

#A488A8 is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.283; OKLCH L 66.3% C 0.057 H 322.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A488A8
RGB	rgb(164, 136, 168)
HSL	hsl(293, 16%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(293, 19%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.4%, 19%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.18, 16.46, -12.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.18, 20.92, 321.89°)
OKLab	oklab(66.31% 0.0446 -0.0347)
OKLCH	oklch(66.31% 0.057 322.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.1809, 28.3285, 40.8636)
Luminance	0.2833 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A488A8 #8CA888

analogous

#9488A8 #A488A8 #A8889C

triadic

#A488A8 #A8A488 #88A8A4

tetradic

#A488A8 #A89488 #8CA888 #889CA8

square

#A488A8 #A89488 #8CA888 #889CA8

split-complementary

#A488A8 #9CA888 #88A894

monochromatic

#654D69 #88678C #A488A8 #BFABC2 #DACFDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.15

#A488A8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.67

#A488A8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A488A8

6.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A488A8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A488A8	1.00	3.15	6.67	6.67
#FFFFFF	3.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#858FA9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B92A7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A58B93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a488a8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 136, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.3% 0.057 322.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfaac1',
    500: '#a488a8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a488a8;
$custom-light: #bfaac1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a488a8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 292.5,
    "s": 15.534,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66311,
    "c": 0.0565,
    "h": 322.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.28328
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A488A8

secondary

#C1CCC0

accent

#B87079

background

#FBFAFB

surface

#F7F4F7

border

#D0CED0

text

#121012

muted

#817F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #A488A8

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

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