#A491AA#A491AA

#A491AA is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.310; OKLCH L 68.2% C 0.042 H 318.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A491AA
RGB	rgb(164, 145, 170)
HSL	hsl(286, 13%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(286, 15%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.5%, 14.7%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.55, 11.76, -10.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.55, 15.76, 318.23°)
OKLab	oklab(68.16% 0.0313 -0.0281)
OKLCH	oklch(68.16% 0.042 318)
XYZ	xyz(32.6898, 31.0459, 42.2928)
Luminance	0.3105 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A491AA #97AA91

analogous

#9891AA #A491AA #AA91A4

triadic

#A491AA #AAA491 #91AAA4

tetradic

#A491AA #AA9891 #97AA91 #91A4AA

square

#A491AA #AA9891 #97AA91 #91A4AA

split-complementary

#A491AA #A4AA91 #91AA98

monochromatic

#67546D #876F8F #A491AA #C1B4C5 #DDD6DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.91

#A491AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.21

#A491AA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A491AA

7.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A491AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A491AA	1.00	2.91	7.21	7.21
#FFFFFF	2.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E96AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9298A9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A49399

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a491aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 145, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.2% 0.042 318.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfb1c3',
    500: '#a491aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a491aa;
$custom-light: #bfb1c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a491aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 145,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285.6,
    "s": 12.821,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68161,
    "c": 0.0421,
    "h": 318
  },
  "luminance": 0.31046
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A491AA

secondary

#C9D0C7

accent

#974F60

background

#FBFAFB

surface

#F7F5F7

border

#D0CFD0

text

#121012

muted

#817F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #A491AA

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

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