#A494A2#A494A2

#A494A2 is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.317; OKLCH L 68.5% C 0.027 H 329.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A494A2
RGB	rgb(164, 148, 162)
HSL	hsl(308, 8%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(308, 10%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.8%, 1.2%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.08, 8.50, -5.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.08, 9.95, 328.61°)
OKLab	oklab(68.49% 0.0237 -0.0137)
OKLCH	oklch(68.49% 0.027 329.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.4205, 31.6813, 38.5826)
Luminance	0.3168 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A494A2 #94A496

analogous

#9E94A4 #A494A2 #A4949A

triadic

#A494A2 #A2A494 #94A2A4

tetradic

#A494A2 #A49E94 #94A496 #949AA4

square

#A494A2 #A49E94 #94A496 #949AA4

split-complementary

#A494A2 #9AA494 #94A49E

monochromatic

#665765 #887385 #A494A2 #C0B5BF #DCD6DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.86

#A494A2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.34

#A494A2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A494A2

7.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A494A2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A494A2	1.00	2.86	7.34	7.34
#FFFFFF	2.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9497A3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9799A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A59599

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a494a2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 148, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.5% 0.027 329.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfb3bd',
    500: '#a494a2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a494a2;
$custom-light: #bfb3bd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a494a2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 307.5,
    "s": 8.081,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68494,
    "c": 0.02738,
    "h": 329.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.31681
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A494A2

secondary

#C7CDC8

accent

#925B53

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F7F6F6

border

#D0D0D0

text

#121112

muted

#818081

Preview Lab

Preview with #A494A2

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

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