#A488BB#A488BB

#A488BB is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.291; OKLCH L 67.1% C 0.080 H 309.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A488BB
RGB	rgb(164, 136, 187)
HSL	hsl(273, 27%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(273, 27%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.3%, 27.3%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.86, 20.42, -22.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.86, 30.52, 312.00°)
OKLab	oklab(67.05% 0.0507 -0.0619)
OKLCH	oklch(67.05% 0.08 309.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.0820, 29.0890, 50.8760)
Luminance	0.2909 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A488BB #9FBB88

analogous

#8A88BB #A488BB #BB88B8

triadic

#A488BB #BBA488 #88BBA4

tetradic

#A488BB #BB8A88 #9FBB88 #88B8BB

square

#A488BB #BB8A88 #9FBB88 #88B8BB

split-complementary

#A488BB #B8BB88 #88BB8A

monochromatic

#674980 #8661A5 #A488BB #C2AFD1 #E0D6E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.08

#A488BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.82

#A488BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A488BB

6.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A488BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A488BB	1.00	3.08	6.82	6.82
#FFFFFF	3.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F92BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8593B9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A18F9A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a488bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 136, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.1% 0.080 309.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfabcf',
    500: '#a488bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a488bb;
$custom-light: #bfabcf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a488bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.941,
    "s": 27.273,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67055,
    "c": 0.08003,
    "h": 309.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.29089
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A488BB

secondary

#CFD8C6

accent

#A6406E

background

#FBFAFC

surface

#F7F4F9

border

#D0CED2

text

#121014

muted

#817F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #A488BB

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

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