#A494BB#A494BB

#A494BB is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.327; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.059 H 303.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A494BB
RGB	rgb(164, 148, 187)
HSL	hsl(265, 22%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(265, 21%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.3%, 20.9%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.88, 13.60, -18.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.88, 22.61, 306.97°)
OKLab	oklab(69.39% 0.0326 -0.0491)
OKLCH	oklch(69.39% 0.059 303.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.8677, 32.6602, 51.4712)
Luminance	0.3266 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A494BB #ABBB94

analogous

#9497BB #A494BB #B794BB

triadic

#A494BB #BBA494 #94BBA4

tetradic

#A494BB #BB9497 #ABBB94 #94BBB7

square

#A494BB #BB9497 #ABBB94 #94BBB7

split-complementary

#A494BB #BBB794 #97BB94

monochromatic

#665382 #846FA3 #A494BB #C4B9D3 #E4DFEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.79

#A494BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.53

#A494BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A494BB

7.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A494BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A494BB	1.00	2.79	7.53	7.53
#FFFFFF	2.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D9ABD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#909BBA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A199A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a494bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 148, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.059 303.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfb3cf',
    500: '#a494bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a494bb;
$custom-light: #bfb3cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a494bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.615,
    "s": 22.286,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69386,
    "c": 0.05894,
    "h": 303.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.3266
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A494BB

secondary

#D7DCCF

accent

#A1457B

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F7F6F9

border

#D0D0D2

text

#121113

muted

#818082

Preview Lab

Preview with #A494BB

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

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