#A494A4#A494A4

#A494A4 is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.318; OKLCH L 68.6% C 0.030 H 325.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A494A4
RGB	rgb(164, 148, 164)
HSL	hsl(300, 8%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(300, 10%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.8%, 0%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.14, 8.88, -6.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.14, 10.85, 324.97°)
OKLab	oklab(68.56% 0.0244 -0.0165)
OKLCH	oklch(68.56% 0.03 325.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.5997, 31.7530, 39.5263)
Luminance	0.3175 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A494A4 #94A494

analogous

#9C94A4 #A494A4 #A4949C

triadic

#A494A4 #A4A494 #94A4A4

tetradic

#A494A4 #A49C94 #94A494 #949CA4

square

#A494A4 #A49C94 #94A494 #949CA4

split-complementary

#A494A4 #9CA494 #94A49C

monochromatic

#665766 #887388 #A494A4 #C0B5C0 #DCD6DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.86

#A494A4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.35

#A494A4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A494A4

7.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A494A4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A494A4	1.00	2.86	7.35	7.35
#FFFFFF	2.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9398A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9699A3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A59599

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a494a4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 148, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.6% 0.030 325.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfb3bf',
    500: '#a494a4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a494a4;
$custom-light: #bfb3bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a494a4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 8.081,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6856,
    "c": 0.02952,
    "h": 325.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.31753
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A494A4

secondary

#C7CDC7

accent

#925353

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F7F6F6

border

#D0D0D0

text

#121112

muted

#818081

Preview Lab

Preview with #A494A4

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

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