#A496AA#A496AA

#A496AA is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.326; OKLCH L 69.2% C 0.033 H 315.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A496AA
RGB	rgb(164, 150, 170)
HSL	hsl(282, 11%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(282, 12%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.5%, 11.8%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.84, 8.94, -8.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.84, 12.38, 316.22°)
OKLab	oklab(69.17% 0.0236 -0.0229)
OKLCH	oklch(69.17% 0.033 315.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.4707, 32.6077, 42.5531)
Luminance	0.3261 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A496AA #9CAA96

analogous

#9A96AA #A496AA #AA96A6

triadic

#A496AA #AAA496 #96AAA4

tetradic

#A496AA #AA9A96 #9CAA96 #96A6AA

square

#A496AA #AA9A96 #9CAA96 #96A6AA

split-complementary

#A496AA #A6AA96 #96AA9A

monochromatic

#67586D #87748F #A496AA #C1B8C5 #DFDAE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.79

#A496AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.52

#A496AA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A496AA

7.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A496AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A496AA	1.00	2.79	7.52	7.52
#FFFFFF	2.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#949AAB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#969BA9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A4989C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a496aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 150, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.033 315.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfb4c3',
    500: '#a496aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a496aa;
$custom-light: #bfb4c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a496aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282,
    "s": 10.526,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69168,
    "c": 0.03289,
    "h": 315.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.32607
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A496AA

secondary

#CCD2CA

accent

#955165

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F7F6F7

border

#D0D0D0

text

#121112

muted

#818081

Preview Lab

Preview with #A496AA

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

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