#A495BB#A495BB

#A495BB is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.330; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.057 H 302.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A495BB
RGB	rgb(164, 149, 187)
HSL	hsl(264, 22%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(264, 20%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.3%, 20.3%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.14, 13.03, -17.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.14, 21.96, 306.40°)
OKLab	oklab(69.58% 0.0311 -0.048)
OKLCH	oklch(69.58% 0.057 302.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.0252, 32.9753, 51.5237)
Luminance	0.3297 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A495BB #ACBB95

analogous

#9599BB #A495BB #B795BB

triadic

#A495BB #BBA495 #95BBA4

tetradic

#A495BB #BB9599 #ACBB95 #95BBB7

square

#A495BB #BB9599 #ACBB95 #95BBB7

split-complementary

#A495BB #BBB795 #99BB95

monochromatic

#665382 #8470A3 #A495BB #C4BAD3 #E4E0EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.76

#A495BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.59

#A495BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A495BB

7.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A495BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A495BB	1.00	2.76	7.59	7.59
#FFFFFF	2.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E9BBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#919BBA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A19AA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a495bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 149, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.057 302.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfb4cf',
    500: '#a495bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a495bb;
$custom-light: #bfb4cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a495bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.684,
    "s": 21.839,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69585,
    "c": 0.05721,
    "h": 302.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.32975
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A495BB

secondary

#D7DCD0

accent

#A0457C

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F7F6F9

border

#D0D0D2

text

#121113

muted

#818082

Preview Lab

Preview with #A495BB

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

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