#A494AE#A494AE

#A494AE is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.321; OKLCH L 68.9% C 0.042 H 312.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A494AE
RGB	rgb(164, 148, 174)
HSL	hsl(277, 14%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(277, 15%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.7%, 14.9%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.45, 10.87, -11.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.45, 15.76, 313.62°)
OKLab	oklab(68.9% 0.0281 -0.0307)
OKLCH	oklch(68.9% 0.042 312.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.5385, 32.1285, 44.4708)
Luminance	0.3213 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A494AE #9EAE94

analogous

#9794AE #A494AE #AE94AB

triadic

#A494AE #AEA494 #94AEA4

tetradic

#A494AE #AE9794 #9EAE94 #94ABAE

square

#A494AE #AE9794 #9EAE94 #94ABAE

split-complementary

#A494AE #ABAE94 #94AE97

monochromatic

#675672 #867194 #A494AE #C2B7C8 #DFDAE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.83

#A494AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.43

#A494AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A494AE

7.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A494AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A494AE	1.00	2.83	7.43	7.43
#FFFFFF	2.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9199AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#949AAD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A3979D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a494ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 148, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.9% 0.042 312.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfb3c6',
    500: '#a494ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a494ae;
$custom-light: #bfb3c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a494ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.923,
    "s": 13.83,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68904,
    "c": 0.0416,
    "h": 312.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.32128
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A494AE

secondary

#CED4CA

accent

#984E6A

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F7F6F8

border

#D0D0D1

text

#121113

muted

#818082

Preview Lab

Preview with #A494AE

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

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