#A490A6#A490A6

#A490A6 is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.306; OKLCH L 67.8% C 0.039 H 323.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A490A6
RGB	rgb(164, 144, 166)
HSL	hsl(295, 11%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(295, 13%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.2%, 13.3%, 0%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.16, 11.53, -8.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.16, 14.51, 322.61°)
OKLab	oklab(67.82% 0.0314 -0.0235)
OKLCH	oklch(67.82% 0.039 323.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.1651, 30.5926, 40.2795)
Luminance	0.3059 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A490A6 #92A690

analogous

#9990A6 #A490A6 #A6909D

triadic

#A490A6 #A6A490 #90A6A4

tetradic

#A490A6 #A69990 #92A690 #909DA6

square

#A490A6 #A69990 #92A690 #909DA6

split-complementary

#A490A6 #9DA690 #90A699

monochromatic

#665368 #886F8A #A490A6 #C0B2C1 #DCD4DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.95

#A490A6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.12

#A490A6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A490A6

7.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A490A6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A490A6	1.00	2.95	7.12	7.12
#FFFFFF	2.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E95A7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9297A5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A59297

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a490a6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 144, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.8% 0.039 323.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfb0c0',
    500: '#a490a6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a490a6;
$custom-light: #bfb0c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a490a6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 294.545,
    "s": 11,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67821,
    "c": 0.03923,
    "h": 323.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.30592
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A490A6

secondary

#C5CDC5

accent

#955057

background

#FBFAFB

surface

#F7F4F7

border

#D0CED0

text

#121012

muted

#817F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #A490A6

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

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