#A494BD#A494BD

#A494BD is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.327; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.062 H 302.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A494BD
RGB	rgb(164, 148, 189)
HSL	hsl(263, 24%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(263, 22%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.2%, 21.7%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.96, 14.03, -19.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.96, 23.69, 306.33°)
OKLab	oklab(69.46% 0.0333 -0.0519)
OKLCH	oklch(69.46% 0.062 302.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.0833, 32.7465, 52.6067)
Luminance	0.3275 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A494BD #ADBD94

analogous

#9498BD #A494BD #B894BD

triadic

#A494BD #BDA494 #94BDA4

tetradic

#A494BD #BD9498 #ADBD94 #94BDB8

square

#A494BD #BD9498 #ADBD94 #94BDB8

split-complementary

#A494BD #BDB894 #98BD94

monochromatic

#665285 #846EA6 #A494BD #C4BAD4 #E4E0EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.78

#A494BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.55

#A494BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A494BD

7.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A494BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A494BD	1.00	2.78	7.55	7.55
#FFFFFF	2.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C9BBF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F9BBC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A09AA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a494bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 148, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.062 302.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfb3d1',
    500: '#a494bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a494bd;
$custom-light: #bfb3d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a494bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.415,
    "s": 23.699,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69464,
    "c": 0.06167,
    "h": 302.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.32746
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A494BD

secondary

#D8DDD0

accent

#A2437D

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F7F6F9

border

#D0D0D2

text

#121114

muted

#818082

Preview Lab

Preview with #A494BD

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

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