#A490AA#A490AA

#A490AA is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.307; OKLCH L 68.0% C 0.044 H 318.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A490AA
RGB	rgb(164, 144, 170)
HSL	hsl(286, 13%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(286, 15%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.5%, 15.3%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.29, 12.32, -10.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.29, 16.44, 318.54°)
OKLab	oklab(67.96% 0.0328 -0.0292)
OKLCH	oklch(67.96% 0.044 318.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.5377, 30.7417, 42.2421)
Luminance	0.3074 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A490AA #96AA90

analogous

#9790AA #A490AA #AA90A3

triadic

#A490AA #AAA490 #90AAA4

tetradic

#A490AA #AA9790 #96AA90 #90A3AA

square

#A490AA #AA9790 #96AA90 #90A3AA

split-complementary

#A490AA #A3AA90 #90AA97

monochromatic

#67536D #876E8F #A490AA #C0B3C5 #DDD5DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.94

#A490AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.15

#A490AA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A490AA

7.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A490AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A490AA	1.00	2.94	7.15	7.15
#FFFFFF	2.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D95AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9197A9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A49399

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a490aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 144, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.0% 0.044 318.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfb0c3',
    500: '#a490aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a490aa;
$custom-light: #bfb0c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a490aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.154,
    "s": 13.265,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67961,
    "c": 0.04394,
    "h": 318.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.30741
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A490AA

secondary

#C8D0C6

accent

#974E5F

background

#FBFAFB

surface

#F7F4F7

border

#D0CED0

text

#121012

muted

#817F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #A490AA

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

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