#A490A9#A490A9

#A490A9 is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.307; OKLCH L 67.9% C 0.043 H 319.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A490A9
RGB	rgb(164, 144, 169)
HSL	hsl(288, 13%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(288, 15%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(3%, 14.8%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.26, 12.12, -10.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.26, 15.95, 319.46°)
OKLab	oklab(67.93% 0.0325 -0.0278)
OKLCH	oklch(67.93% 0.043 319.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.4435, 30.7040, 41.7458)
Luminance	0.3070 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A490A9 #95A990

analogous

#9890A9 #A490A9 #A990A2

triadic

#A490A9 #A9A490 #90A9A4

tetradic

#A490A9 #A99890 #95A990 #90A2A9

square

#A490A9 #A99890 #95A990 #90A2A9

split-complementary

#A490A9 #A2A990 #90A998

monochromatic

#67536B #876E8E #A490A9 #C0B2C4 #DDD5DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.94

#A490A9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.14

#A490A9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A490A9

7.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A490A9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A490A9	1.00	2.94	7.14	7.14
#FFFFFF	2.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E95AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9297A8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A59298

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a490a9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 144, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.9% 0.043 319.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfb0c2',
    500: '#a490a9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a490a9;
$custom-light: #bfb0c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a490a9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288,
    "s": 12.69,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67926,
    "c": 0.04274,
    "h": 319.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.30704
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A490A9

secondary

#C8CFC6

accent

#974F5D

background

#FBFAFB

surface

#F7F4F7

border

#D0CED0

text

#121012

muted

#817F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #A490A9

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

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