#A494AA#A494AA

#A494AA is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.320; OKLCH L 68.8% C 0.037 H 316.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A494AA
RGB	rgb(164, 148, 170)
HSL	hsl(284, 11%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(284, 13%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.5%, 12.9%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.32, 10.06, -9.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.32, 13.73, 317.13°)
OKLab	oklab(68.76% 0.0267 -0.025)
OKLCH	oklch(68.76% 0.037 316.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.1543, 31.9749, 42.4476)
Luminance	0.3197 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A494AA #9AAA94

analogous

#9994AA #A494AA #AA94A5

triadic

#A494AA #AAA494 #94AAA4

tetradic

#A494AA #AA9994 #9AAA94 #94A5AA

square

#A494AA #AA9994 #9AAA94 #94A5AA

split-complementary

#A494AA #A5AA94 #94AA99

monochromatic

#67576D #87728F #A494AA #C1B6C5 #DED8E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.84

#A494AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.39

#A494AA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A494AA

7.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A494AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A494AA	1.00	2.84	7.39	7.39
#FFFFFF	2.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9298AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#959AA9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A4969B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a494aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 148, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.037 316.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfb3c3',
    500: '#a494aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a494aa;
$custom-light: #bfb3c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a494aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.636,
    "s": 11.458,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68764,
    "c": 0.03656,
    "h": 316.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.31975
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A494AA

secondary

#CBD1C9

accent

#965063

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F7F6F7

border

#D0D0D0

text

#121112

muted

#818081

Preview Lab

Preview with #A494AA

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

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