#A494BF#A494BF

#A494BF is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.328; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.064 H 301.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A494BF
RGB	rgb(164, 148, 191)
HSL	hsl(262, 25%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(262, 23%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.1%, 22.5%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.03, 14.47, -20.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.03, 24.76, 305.75°)
OKLab	oklab(69.54% 0.0339 -0.0548)
OKLCH	oklch(69.54% 0.064 301.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.3018, 32.8339, 53.7579)
Luminance	0.3283 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A494BF #AFBF94

analogous

#949ABF #A494BF #BA94BF

triadic

#A494BF #BFA494 #94BFA4

tetradic

#A494BF #BF949A #AFBF94 #94BFBA

square

#A494BF #BF949A #AFBF94 #94BFBA

split-complementary

#A494BF #BFBA94 #9ABF94

monochromatic

#655188 #836EA8 #A494BF #C5BAD6 #E5E1ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.78

#A494BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.57

#A494BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A494BF

7.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A494BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A494BF	1.00	2.78	7.57	7.57
#FFFFFF	2.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C9BC1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E9BBE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A09AA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a494bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 148, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.064 301.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfb3d2',
    500: '#a494bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a494bf;
$custom-light: #bfb3d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a494bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.326,
    "s": 25.146,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69542,
    "c": 0.06441,
    "h": 301.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.32834
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A494BF

secondary

#D9DED0

accent

#A4427F

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F7F6F9

border

#D0D0D2

text

#121114

muted

#818082

Preview Lab

Preview with #A494BF

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

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