#A490A8#A490A8

#A490A8 is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.307; OKLCH L 67.9% C 0.042 H 320.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A490A8
RGB	rgb(164, 144, 168)
HSL	hsl(290, 12%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(290, 14%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.4%, 14.3%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.23, 11.92, -9.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.23, 15.46, 320.44°)
OKLab	oklab(67.89% 0.0321 -0.0264)
OKLCH	oklch(67.89% 0.042 320.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.3500, 30.6666, 41.2532)
Luminance	0.3067 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A490A8 #94A890

analogous

#9890A8 #A490A8 #A890A0

triadic

#A490A8 #A8A490 #90A8A4

tetradic

#A490A8 #A89890 #94A890 #90A0A8

square

#A490A8 #A89890 #94A890 #90A0A8

split-complementary

#A490A8 #A0A890 #90A898

monochromatic

#66536A #886E8D #A490A8 #C0B2C3 #DCD5DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.94

#A490A8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.13

#A490A8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A490A8

7.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A490A8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A490A8	1.00	2.94	7.13	7.13
#FFFFFF	2.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E95A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9297A7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A59298

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a490a8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 144, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.9% 0.042 320.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfb0c1',
    500: '#a490a8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a490a8;
$custom-light: #bfb0c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a490a8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 290,
    "s": 12.121,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67891,
    "c": 0.04155,
    "h": 320.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.30666
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A490A8

secondary

#C7CEC5

accent

#964F5B

background

#FBFAFB

surface

#F7F4F7

border

#D0CED0

text

#121012

muted

#817F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #A490A8

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

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