#A488BD#A488BD

#A488BD is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.292; OKLCH L 67.1% C 0.083 H 308.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A488BD
RGB	rgb(164, 136, 189)
HSL	hsl(272, 29%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(272, 28%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.2%, 28%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.94, 20.85, -23.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.94, 31.56, 311.35°)
OKLab	oklab(67.14% 0.0513 -0.0648)
OKLCH	oklch(67.14% 0.083 308.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.2976, 29.1752, 52.0115)
Luminance	0.2918 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A488BD #A1BD88

analogous

#8988BD #A488BD #BD88BB

triadic

#A488BD #BDA488 #88BDA4

tetradic

#A488BD #BD8988 #A1BD88 #88BBBD

square

#A488BD #BD8988 #A1BD88 #88BBBD

split-complementary

#A488BD #BBBD88 #88BD89

monochromatic

#674882 #8661A7 #A488BD #C2AFD3 #E0D7E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.07

#A488BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.84

#A488BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A488BD

6.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A488BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A488BD	1.00	3.07	6.84	6.84
#FFFFFF	3.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F92BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8493BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A18F9B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a488bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 136, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.1% 0.083 308.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfabd1',
    500: '#a488bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a488bd;
$custom-light: #bfabd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a488bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.698,
    "s": 28.649,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67138,
    "c": 0.08263,
    "h": 308.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.29175
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A488BD

secondary

#D0DAC7

accent

#A73E70

background

#FBFAFC

surface

#F7F4F9

border

#D0CED2

text

#121014

muted

#817F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #A488BD

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

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