#A494A8#A494A8

#A494A8 is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.319; OKLCH L 68.7% C 0.034 H 319.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A494A8
RGB	rgb(164, 148, 168)
HSL	hsl(288, 10%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(288, 12%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.4%, 11.9%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.26, 9.67, -8.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.26, 12.74, 319.33°)
OKLab	oklab(68.69% 0.0259 -0.0222)
OKLCH	oklch(68.69% 0.034 319.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.9666, 31.8998, 41.4588)
Luminance	0.3190 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A494A8 #98A894

analogous

#9A94A8 #A494A8 #A894A2

triadic

#A494A8 #A8A494 #94A8A4

tetradic

#A494A8 #A89A94 #98A894 #94A2A8

square

#A494A8 #A89A94 #98A894 #94A2A8

split-complementary

#A494A8 #A2A894 #94A89A

monochromatic

#67576B #87728D #A494A8 #C1B6C3 #DDD8DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.85

#A494A8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.38

#A494A8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A494A8

7.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A494A8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A494A8	1.00	2.85	7.38	7.38
#FFFFFF	2.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9298A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#959AA7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A4969B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a494a8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 148, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.7% 0.034 319.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfb3c1',
    500: '#a494a8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a494a8;
$custom-light: #bfb3c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a494a8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288,
    "s": 10.309,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68695,
    "c": 0.03413,
    "h": 319.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.31899
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A494A8

secondary

#CAD0C8

accent

#94515F

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F7F6F7

border

#D0D0D0

text

#121112

muted

#818081

Preview Lab

Preview with #A494A8

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

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