#A490A5#A490A5

#A490A5 is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.306; OKLCH L 67.8% C 0.038 H 324.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A490A5
RGB	rgb(164, 144, 165)
HSL	hsl(297, 10%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(297, 13%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.6%, 12.7%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.13, 11.33, -8.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.13, 14.04, 323.81°)
OKLab	oklab(67.79% 0.031 -0.0221)
OKLCH	oklch(67.79% 0.038 324.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.0737, 30.5561, 39.7983)
Luminance	0.3056 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A490A5 #91A590

analogous

#9990A5 #A490A5 #A5909B

triadic

#A490A5 #A5A490 #90A5A4

tetradic

#A490A5 #A59990 #91A590 #909BA5

square

#A490A5 #A59990 #91A590 #909BA5

split-complementary

#A490A5 #9BA590 #90A599

monochromatic

#665467 #886F89 #A490A5 #C0B2C0 #DBD4DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.95

#A490A5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.11

#A490A5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A490A5

7.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A490A5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A490A5	1.00	2.95	7.11	7.11
#FFFFFF	2.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8F95A6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9397A4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A59297

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a490a5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 144, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.8% 0.038 324.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfb0bf',
    500: '#a490a5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a490a5;
$custom-light: #bfb0bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a490a5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 297.143,
    "s": 10.448,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67787,
    "c": 0.0381,
    "h": 324.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.30556
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A490A5

secondary

#C5CCC4

accent

#945154

background

#FBFAFB

surface

#F7F4F7

border

#D0CED0

text

#121012

muted

#817F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #A490A5

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

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