#A496AE#A496AE

#A496AE is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.328; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.038 H 311.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A496AE
RGB	rgb(164, 150, 174)
HSL	hsl(275, 13%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(275, 14%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.7%, 13.8%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.97, 9.74, -10.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.97, 14.42, 312.51°)
OKLab	oklab(69.31% 0.0251 -0.0285)
OKLCH	oklch(69.31% 0.038 311.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.8549, 32.7614, 44.5763)
Luminance	0.3276 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A496AE #A0AE96

analogous

#9896AE #A496AE #AE96AC

triadic

#A496AE #AEA496 #96AEA4

tetradic

#A496AE #AE9896 #A0AE96 #96ACAE

square

#A496AE #AE9896 #A0AE96 #96ACAE

split-complementary

#A496AE #ACAE96 #96AE98

monochromatic

#675872 #867393 #A496AE #C2B9C9 #E0DBE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.78

#A496AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.55

#A496AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A496AE

7.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A496AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A496AE	1.00	2.78	7.55	7.55
#FFFFFF	2.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#939AAF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#959BAD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A3999E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a496ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 150, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.038 311.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfb4c6',
    500: '#a496ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a496ae;
$custom-light: #bfb4c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a496ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275,
    "s": 12.903,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69307,
    "c": 0.03799,
    "h": 311.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.32761
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A496AE

secondary

#CFD4CC

accent

#974E6D

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F7F6F8

border

#D0D0D1

text

#121113

muted

#818082

Preview Lab

Preview with #A496AE

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

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