#A488AA#A488AA

#A488AA is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.284; OKLCH L 66.4% C 0.059 H 320.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A488AA
RGB	rgb(164, 136, 170)
HSL	hsl(289, 17%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(289, 20%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.5%, 20%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.25, 16.86, -13.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.25, 21.88, 320.40°)
OKLab	oklab(66.39% 0.0453 -0.0376)
OKLCH	oklch(66.39% 0.059 320.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.3687, 28.4036, 41.8524)
Luminance	0.2840 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A488AA #8EAA88

analogous

#9388AA #A488AA #AA889F

triadic

#A488AA #AAA488 #88AAA4

tetradic

#A488AA #AA9388 #8EAA88 #889FAA

square

#A488AA #AA9388 #8EAA88 #889FAA

split-complementary

#A488AA #9FAA88 #88AA93

monochromatic

#664C6B #88668F #A488AA #BFACC4 #DBCFDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.14

#A488AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.68

#A488AA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A488AA

6.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A488AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A488AA	1.00	3.14	6.68	6.68
#FFFFFF	3.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#858FAB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B92A9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A58B94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a488aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 136, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.4% 0.059 320.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfaac3',
    500: '#a488aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a488aa;
$custom-light: #bfaac3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a488aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 289.412,
    "s": 16.667,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66385,
    "c": 0.05883,
    "h": 320.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.28403
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A488AA

secondary

#C3CDC0

accent

#B96E7C

background

#FBFAFB

surface

#F7F4F7

border

#D0CED0

text

#121012

muted

#817F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #A488AA

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

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