#A496A8#A496A8

#A496A8 is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.325; OKLCH L 69.1% C 0.030 H 318.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A496A8
RGB	rgb(164, 150, 168)
HSL	hsl(287, 9%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(287, 11%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.4%, 10.7%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.78, 8.54, -7.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.78, 11.39, 318.60°)
OKLab	oklab(69.1% 0.0229 -0.0201)
OKLCH	oklch(69.1% 0.03 318.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.2830, 32.5326, 41.5642)
Luminance	0.3253 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A496A8 #9AA896

analogous

#9B96A8 #A496A8 #A896A3

triadic

#A496A8 #A8A496 #96A8A4

tetradic

#A496A8 #A89B96 #9AA896 #96A3A8

square

#A496A8 #A89B96 #9AA896 #96A3A8

split-complementary

#A496A8 #A3A896 #96A89B

monochromatic

#67596B #87758C #A496A8 #C1B7C4 #DED9DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.80

#A496A8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.51

#A496A8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A496A8

7.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A496A8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A496A8	1.00	2.80	7.51	7.51
#FFFFFF	2.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#949AA9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#979BA7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A4989C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a496a8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 150, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.1% 0.030 318.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfb4c1',
    500: '#a496a8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a496a8;
$custom-light: #bfb4c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a496a8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.667,
    "s": 9.375,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.691,
    "c": 0.03043,
    "h": 318.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.32532
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A496A8

secondary

#CBD0CA

accent

#935261

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F7F6F7

border

#D0D0D0

text

#121112

muted

#818081

Preview Lab

Preview with #A496A8

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

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