#A496AC#A496AC

#A496AC is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.327; OKLCH L 69.2% C 0.035 H 313.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A496AC
RGB	rgb(164, 150, 172)
HSL	hsl(278, 12%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(278, 13%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.7%, 12.8%, 0%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.90, 9.34, -9.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.90, 13.39, 314.21°)
OKLab	oklab(69.24% 0.0243 -0.0257)
OKLCH	oklch(69.24% 0.035 313.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.6614, 32.6840, 43.5570)
Luminance	0.3268 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A496AC #9EAC96

analogous

#9996AC #A496AC #AC96A9

triadic

#A496AC #ACA496 #96ACA4

tetradic

#A496AC #AC9996 #9EAC96 #96A9AC

square

#A496AC #AC9996 #9EAC96 #96A9AC

split-complementary

#A496AC #A9AC96 #96AC99

monochromatic

#67586F #867491 #A496AC #C2B8C7 #DFDAE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.79

#A496AC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.54

#A496AC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A496AC

7.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A496AC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A496AC	1.00	2.79	7.54	7.54
#FFFFFF	2.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#939AAD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#969BAB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A4989D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a496ac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 150, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.035 313.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfb4c4',
    500: '#a496ac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a496ac;
$custom-light: #bfb4c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a496ac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.182,
    "s": 11.702,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69237,
    "c": 0.03542,
    "h": 313.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.32684
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A496AC

secondary

#CED3CB

accent

#965069

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F7F6F8

border

#D0D0D1

text

#121112

muted

#818081

Preview Lab

Preview with #A496AC

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

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