#A494BC#A494BC

#A494BC is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.327; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.060 H 303.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A494BC
RGB	rgb(164, 148, 188)
HSL	hsl(264, 23%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(264, 21%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.8%, 21.3%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.92, 13.82, -18.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.92, 23.15, 306.64°)
OKLab	oklab(69.43% 0.0329 -0.0505)
OKLCH	oklch(69.43% 0.06 303.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.9751, 32.7032, 52.0370)
Luminance	0.3270 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A494BC #ACBC94

analogous

#9498BC #A494BC #B894BC

triadic

#A494BC #BCA494 #94BCA4

tetradic

#A494BC #BC9498 #ACBC94 #94BCB8

square

#A494BC #BC9498 #ACBC94 #94BCB8

split-complementary

#A494BC #BCB894 #98BC94

monochromatic

#665283 #846EA4 #A494BC #C4BAD4 #E4DFEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.78

#A494BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.54

#A494BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A494BC

7.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A494BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A494BC	1.00	2.78	7.54	7.54
#FFFFFF	2.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D9ABE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F9BBB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A099A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a494bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 148, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.060 303.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfb3d0',
    500: '#a494bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a494bc;
$custom-light: #bfb3d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a494bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264,
    "s": 22.989,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69425,
    "c": 0.0603,
    "h": 303.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.32703
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A494BC

secondary

#D7DDCF

accent

#A1447C

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F7F6F9

border

#D0D0D2

text

#121114

muted

#818082

Preview Lab

Preview with #A494BC

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

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