#A495BC#A495BC

#A495BC is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.330; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.059 H 302.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A495BC
RGB	rgb(164, 149, 188)
HSL	hsl(263, 23%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(263, 21%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.8%, 20.7%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.18, 13.25, -18.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.18, 22.50, 306.07°)
OKLab	oklab(69.62% 0.0314 -0.0494)
OKLCH	oklch(69.62% 0.059 302.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.1326, 33.0183, 52.0895)
Luminance	0.3302 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A495BC #ADBC95

analogous

#9599BC #A495BC #B795BC

triadic

#A495BC #BCA495 #95BCA4

tetradic

#A495BC #BC9599 #ADBC95 #95BCB7

square

#A495BC #BC9599 #ADBC95 #95BCB7

split-complementary

#A495BC #BCB795 #99BC95

monochromatic

#665383 #8470A4 #A495BC #C4BAD4 #E4E0EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.76

#A495BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.60

#A495BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A495BC

7.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A495BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A495BC	1.00	2.76	7.60	7.60
#FFFFFF	2.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E9BBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#909BBB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A09AA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a495bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 149, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.059 302.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfb4d0',
    500: '#a495bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a495bc;
$custom-light: #bfb4d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a495bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.077,
    "s": 22.543,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69623,
    "c": 0.05858,
    "h": 302.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.33018
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A495BC

secondary

#D8DDD0

accent

#A1457D

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F7F6F9

border

#D0D0D2

text

#121114

muted

#818082

Preview Lab

Preview with #A495BC

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

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