#A494A6#A494A6

#A494A6 is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.318; OKLCH L 68.6% C 0.032 H 322.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A494A6
RGB	rgb(164, 148, 166)
HSL	hsl(293, 9%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(293, 11%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.2%, 10.8%, 0%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.20, 9.27, -7.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.20, 11.78, 321.91°)
OKLab	oklab(68.63% 0.0252 -0.0194)
OKLCH	oklch(68.63% 0.032 322.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.7817, 31.8258, 40.4850)
Luminance	0.3182 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A494A6 #96A694

analogous

#9B94A6 #A494A6 #A6949F

triadic

#A494A6 #A6A494 #94A6A4

tetradic

#A494A6 #A69B94 #96A694 #949FA6

square

#A494A6 #A69B94 #96A694 #949FA6

split-complementary

#A494A6 #9FA694 #94A69B

monochromatic

#675769 #87738A #A494A6 #C0B5C2 #DDD7DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.85

#A494A6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.36

#A494A6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A494A6

7.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A494A6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A494A6	1.00	2.85	7.36	7.36
#FFFFFF	2.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9398A7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#969AA5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A5969A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a494a6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 148, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.6% 0.032 322.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfb3c0',
    500: '#a494a6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a494a6;
$custom-light: #bfb3c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a494a6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 293.333,
    "s": 9.184,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68627,
    "c": 0.03178,
    "h": 322.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.31825
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A494A6

secondary

#C8CEC8

accent

#93525A

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F7F6F7

border

#D0D0D0

text

#121112

muted

#818081

Preview Lab

Preview with #A494A6

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

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